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  • RE: Dad moving to palliative care for acute myeloid leukaemia

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    hi Tilly75 

    Sorry to hear about your dad. When I first heard the term palliative care I though that it meant the end was near but actually it just means treating symptoms rather than trying to cure and that can make it seem less frightening but also less…

    • over 1 year ago
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    Hi Wengar and welcome - it's impossible for us to give prognoses on here but I have a couple of suggestions for you... You may get more responses if you post your question in the Acute myeloid leukaemia forum group - just click on the 'new discussion…

    • over 11 years ago
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