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I'm in complete shock, came down from Yorkshire on Saturday to take Mum for a theatre trip weekend, she opened the door and was Yellow. Less than 8 hours later I'm sitting in A&E holding her hand while the Dr is holding the other and their telling us...
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Hello, I am Tracy and I am 51 and diagnosed the end of August, my son is 23 and in the military and not coping with the news of my diagnosis, I need to sit him down and try and be practical about this. I have been a single parent to him and we are such...
Finding it very hard emotionally.. this journey has been grim very quick.. so my ex started to get sick after he moved back in as temporary having a spare bedroom.. started to lose weight.. thirsty..tired.. told him to go doctors.. found out he has diabetes...
Dear community i am new here and I think this may be my new community. Thank you in advance for reading my query. I had bowel cancer last year and an operation in June removed the tumour stage 2 with no lymph’s or nodes impacted. Re operation in October...
Hi I just need to talk so if my post is long I'm sorry. I was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer in May this year and am still in shock. Ive been told it's very small and I'm lucky it was found so early. Its grown around one of the veins and so I've done...
My partner has had persistent abdominal pain deep inside the abdomen for a long time now. It's on the left side. He does have GI issues but he has had many of these for years. He has noticed some bowel changes though. Wondering if the pain deep inside...
Hi, I'm new to the forum and I'm not really sure what I'm expecting from reaching out today but I'm hoping it might, at least, do me some good to get my thoughts down in writing. My husband, Andrew, was diagnosed with Stage 4 PC in January. After some...
Hi all, first post just to say hello.
I'm struggling to cope with everything that has happened to my poor mum since diagnosis at the end of last year. I'm feeling so totally alone and helpless watching her decline, but I have found comfort in reading about others going through similar things...
