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Join us for a coffee and a chat
Welcome to our new Coffee Lounge, this is a space for general chat and to connect with others... a cup of tea or coffee at your side is optional!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Please feel free to introduce yourself to the Community and tell us a little bit about yourself. <o:p></o:p> ....
admin 2 years ago
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Weeks to live
Hi. I have been diagnosed with advanced bladder cancer and now have either abscesses or infected necrotic cancer in my liver. Antibiotics have not worked and 2 weeks ago, I was moved to a hospice and given weeks rather than months to live. I feel weirdly at calm with this. ....
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About to undergo surgery for breast cancer
Good morning, as stated in my subject matter, would very much appreciate communicating with anyone who has undergone surgery of this nature in the past for some practical advice and their opinion. I am aged 79.Kind regards, ....
Covidfree1 1 year ago
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Support Line Festive Opening Hours
Our Support Line is open 8am – 6pm Monday to Friday and 11am – 5pm on Saturday. On bank holidays we're open 10am – 4pm.Christmas opening timesChristmas Eve: 10am-4pmChristmas Day: 10am-2pmSunday 26 December: ClosedBank Holiday Monday 27 December: 10am-4pmBank Holiday Tuesday 28 December: 10am-4pmNew Year's Eve: 10am-4pmNew Year's Day: 10am-2pmSunday ....
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Brigette 1 year ago
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Music in Hospices - WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK
Hi all! Hope you’re doing well. My name is Joe Cavalli-Price and I’m the Founder of Music in Hospices (www.musicinhospices.org.uk), an organisation founded to bring live music into Hospice and Palliative Care settings. A little bit of background: The organisation was set-up in memory of my mother Susan and Godmother Maria who ....
JoeCavalliPrice 1 year ago
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Hello, i apologize if that was mentioned before, but how to deal with yourself being so emotionally attached to someone? I get too attached by communication to patient or his family, if family member crying I get little emotional too, I want to help here, but I am emotionally sensitive, I love what I do, bug in professional way could I stay or should I change to caring for others?
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Andrina 1 year ago
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Depressed and struggling
My husband is 59 and has stage 4 lung cancer. He has gone from being a hardworking, active man to a shadow of who he was before. He is on oxygen 24/7 which has restricted life dramatically. I find it so hard watching what this disease is doing to him. ....
Jclarenne 1 year ago
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joe murphy
HI everyone, initially would like to know how to go about receiving end of life hospice care and the costs involved. JOE47 ....
joe47 1 year ago
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Local Lockdowns
Hi everyone, <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> As you may be aware local lockdowns are coming in across in some areas of the UK. There has been some confusion on what this means for visiting our families and if we are still able to do so. You can check the rules for your area ....
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Help
I'm feeling desperate, in the last 2 months I have lost my dad (abusive), a dear friend, my rat, my gran and a friend is dying of terminal cancer. After a period of numbness I'm now acutely anxious all day especially with health, I have existing mental health issues and ....
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