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 8 years ago
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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 8 years ago
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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 8 years ago
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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 8 years ago
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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 8 years ago
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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 8 years ago
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Developed shallow breathing ....
Lindy60 8 years ago
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Hi, I'm new to the group. I'm frustrated by lack of information and hope someone out there can help. My eldest son had two ribs removed with a malignant cancer last year but has had no further scans or tests to check there is no further spread. What can I ....
Shiner 8 years ago
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Hi, I've joint the site as I lost my partner Sue on the 12 July 2016. It happened so very quickly. Within 3 weeks of going into hospital for tests as she felt unwell and her HB was low. Secondary cancer was found in liver, primary unconfirmed. She had mets ....
pootle 8 years ago
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hello please to meet everyone iv joined this group as i going to be training on end of life care its something iv allways wanted to do as my dad pasted 8 week ago ....
lisa 8 years ago
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