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My dad is coming home to live the rest of his life around his family and I'm going to be looking after him and I'm so scared, I fear loosing him so much, my dad is a retired fireman age 67 x ....
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Finding out my 26 year old Nephew/Godson's brain tumour is at a grade 3 stage has probably been the most traumatic news our family has ever heard. Having lost my mum and father-in-law already to cancer; this news has left us feeling desperate and in shock. He is such a ....
Hello, My mother has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. It was hard as she went from being perfectly fine to having surgery, loosing her hair and on a third round of chemo in the space of two months. I'm only 21 and always believed it would never happen to ....
My mum is 88, has dementia and was admitted to hospital two weeks ago after collapsing (happened before possible attention seeking). She was found to have an infection and after one week doctors had almost cleared infection. They wanted to find what caused infection and had concluded that it was ....
We've had the shocking news this week that my FIL has terminal cancer in the Oesophogus. They also found it in his liver, brain and bones.He is currently in hospital having had an operation to insert a stent into his oesophogus so he can eat. His consultants are meeting on ....
Hello all,I've just joined today. A good friend of mine has very recently been diagnosed with an aggressive high grade malignant brain tumour.She is as yet unaware of the seriousness of her condition as her husband can't bring himself to tell her yet.It has all happened very, very quickly from ....
My mum was first diagnosed with cervical cancer 12 years ago, she had a radical hysterectomy. 10 years ago she had cancer of the vagina stage 2,she batteled through radio and chemo...4 years ago we found out she had lung cancer..it was a new cancer..we were gutted.mum still bravely marched ....
When you’re caring for someone with a terminal illness, it can be easy to forget to take care of yourself. But there are lots of things you can do to look after your own health and wellbeing. So ask us your questions and about what support there is available for ....