Practical matters
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My mum is getting palliative care at hospital (in a pre surgical ward) and the plan is to transfer her home . The doctor thought that i would not be allowed to give her the morphine she is on at home for legal reasons. She wasnt 100% sure about this ....
Hi all my mum has terminal brain cancer we found out 2 weeks ago. Some days she is chatty and said she is going to fight this and then next day is planning her funeral its kind of like having whiplash. Please is this normal and how can I help ....
My dad is in hospital and being sent to my house which is 100 miles away from him for practical reasons as I'm not working and my mum too frail and ill to do it . my siblings not able too for health reasons etc. I'm single mum with 2 ....
My father has terminal pulmonary fibrosis and is deteriorating faster than we anticipated, think the fact that we lost my brother last year ages 53 with same condition,they are struggling financially and mum is not in best of health , the rest of us siblings are worried that if we ....
My mother is refusing most help off district nurses like special bed , extra care also was advised to go into hospital and refusd that ....
Hi, I've been caring for my mam now for about a year when she admitted she was struggling to cope, she was diagnosed with COPD about 3 years ago. This past year has been so difficult, a couple of hospital admissions, O2 levels of 65/66 she's now on 5 litres ....
My dad is 89 lives with us and was diagnosed a year ago with stage 4 kidney failure he hasn’t been to any appointments he cancels them all so no treatment he has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. He has deteriorated a lot in the last 4/5 weeks and is ....
My Dad has incurable cancer that has spread. Is currently hospitalised due to complications arising from treatment, which is now discontinued. He’s going to be sent home soon, with carers a few times a day, hospital bed, etc., He doesn’t want to discuss his illness, telling Doctors to speak to ....
Hello. I registered today as Hebe with Marie Curie. I am elderly with a husband diagnosed this Spring with advanced prostate cancer. He is taking enzalutamide to delay the cancer cells. The only help we get is a monthly telephone call from the Macmillan Nurse and ....
Hi everyone! My mum was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in Oct, it had spread to her brain where a tumour had formed. She had it resectioned and a had 3 blasts of stereotactic radiotherapy in nov and Dec but unfortunately we found out on weds that it’s has formed ....