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Hi allI am a 63yr old usually cheerful Nana to 4 lovely children. My husband passed away a week ago so all this is new to me..I love crafts of many types meeting friends and making new ones. I love to talk to others and am a little confused by ....

Pat51uk 9 years ago

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How to support terminal relatives

I live too far away to be a practical help. What can I do to support my relatives who are both terminal. ....

Rachel77 9 years ago

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Hi my name is Caroline, my father has just been diagnosed with lung cancer and I was looking for help and advice from others who have or are going through the same thing xx ....

Carrie67 9 years ago

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Dad very poorly

Hi I'm new to here . My father who is 71 has severe heart failure. Back in April of this year he underwent a triple heart bypass & new heart valve. After his surgery he has deteriorated steadily . Which has now left him exhausted and very poorly. ....

Saffron 9 years ago

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Mixed dementia

Hi. My lovely dad is in the end stages of dementia. He has lost his ability to swallow safely, but still tries to eat and drink(pureed diet/ thickened fluids). Still, the results are horrific for him- choking, coughing etc... so distressing. My mum had cardiac amyloidosis a couple of years ....

Alice01 9 years ago

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Not sure who to turn to

My Two grown up children 19 and 22 recently been told there father has kidney cancer in both kidneys. But we have not been told how his treatment etc is going as he never told us excatly what was going on, and found out yesterday his been rushed in hospital ....

mandie 9 years ago

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Mum and brain mets

Mum was diagnosed with brain mets after we thought she had had a stroke after displaying stroke like symptoms. Mum wouldn't stay in the hospital so we had to wait a week for a whole body scan to try and find the primary. We went back for the results on ....

Polpringle 9 years ago

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Incurable NOT teminal

Hello everyone , My name is Carol and I have autoimmune disease ! I have had it for approximately 6 years although the doctors think longer. What is autoimmune disease? well its full name is Eosinophilic Granulomatosis and Pol yangitis (EGPA ) or Churg Strauss after the doctors that's found the illness in 1951.Churg ....

Helios59 9 years ago

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Lifting my mummy's mood

Hi everyone, I was just wondering how you cope when your loved one goes in on themselves and doesn't want to wash/change clothes/go out or even speak to you? I'm finding it really difficult to lift my mummy and hav no idea what to do in this situation 😢 Any ....

DaughterLisa 9 years ago

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Mum has pallative care

Developed shallow breathing ....

Lindy60 9 years ago

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