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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 3 months ago
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Ideas if you can't visit during the virus
We appreciate that you might not be able to see your loved ones like you normally would. Here are some tips to keeping in touch that might be useful: <o:p></o:p> Use video calling<o:p></o:p> Seeing family and friends may be an important part of your loved one’s life. Showing your face ....
Hannah11 1 month ago
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Dad has end Stage Heart Failure
Hi I'm Laura. My Dad has end stage heart failure, we knew deep down the end was coming but on Thursday the GP laid it all out in the open. Just struggling to cope with it all, my Dad lives with me and my sister as he has had heart ....
LauraB43 1 month ago
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Visiting someone during COVID-19
Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Our Support Line Officers have understandably been receiving more and more calls around being able to visit a loved one and the guidance that surrounds it. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The guidance visiting someone at end of life in is a little different across all 4 nations and it is ....
Hannah11 1 month ago
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End of life kidney failure
Hello all, I've just joined this forum. My mother (85) has been told by her GP that after recent blood tests her kidney function has reached a critically low level. For the last 8 weeks I have been living with my parents - my father is bed-ridden - and looking ....
SimonP 2 months ago
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Can anyone please help with my final degree project?
I am Dem the carer of my disabled sister, who has amongst other things an inoperable brain tumour. I am also just finishing my Computing and IT degree by undertaking a final project.This project is to design a device which those people with a terminal illness can use to record ....
callmedem 4 months ago
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Introduction
Hi my name is Michelle I have just joined this group. ....
Michellehailes55 1 year ago
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Sister so unsupportive
Hi all I hope I can share this with you all and ask for your help 5 months ago , after no signs of illness? I was diagnosed with a rare and incurable Cancer Cholangiocarcinoma ... bile duct cancer I’m having chemo as palliative shrink and hold , but prognosis ....
Caroline jcb 1 year ago
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Community activities
Hi everyone I’m new here! But my dad has stage 4 kidney cancer! He’s stuck home Bored and fed up! I’d like to find local help and support in terms of social activities for him! ....
Gingerkel 1 year ago
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Our crushed World.
Hi there,My name is Helen from South Wales, I am 48 years old and my husband (who I have been with since I was 16 years old) has just been diagnosed with Terminal Pancreatic Cancer this week.He has been in and out of Hospital the past year with acute Pancreatitis ....
Dollaphant 1 year ago
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