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Hi, my father in law went in hospital on Tuesday to have a tumor removed from his colon. When they opened him up they couldn't do anything as all his vital organs had now been effected. He only had a camera scan 3 weeks ago. How could this have spread ....
My sons girlfriend has been diagnosed with cancer. It's terminal. How do I help them? He is struggling a lot with it. They are child hood sweethearts and are just teenagers. Mummies are meant to make things better but I can't this time. I feel so helpless and feel as ....
Hello , I've just joined the community. I am wanting to know if anyone is suffering from any physical or unexplainable symptoms due to a bereavement. I've not been the same since my partner died in Feb 2015 . I have a constant ache in my throat and chest as ....
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 ....
I live too far away to be a practical help. What can I do to support my relatives who are both terminal. ....
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 ....
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. ....
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 ....
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 ....
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 ....