Hello everybody.I have just discovered this community after browsing the internet. Short story is my mother in law has inoperable stomach cancer t4 which was diagnosed in july last year. She had chemo which finished in November last year and it showed her 2 stomach tumours had shrunk, recently she's ....
WelshKC 6 years ago
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Hello, My mum was diagnosed with SCLC September last year and was immediately put onto Platinum chemo, which gave her two heart attacks. She then moved on to another chemo to protect her heart which gave her a stroke. Her prognosis went from two years, to one year to less ....
ngd051111 6 years ago
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I am a nurse. I am very familiar with the dying process. I see it regularly and help keep patients comfortable through the process and I also help support the family members throughout the process. Just because I am familiar with it doesn't make it easy or stress free in anyway. ....
JenRN 6 years ago
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Hi, I'm new on here, a friend suggested I join, so here I am 😊 ....
Meoow123 6 years ago
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How do i use the online chat function? ....
Stuart 6 years ago
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Hi folks I'm kim .new here . I have secondary breast cancer . Doing OK at the moment ....
Kim123 6 years ago
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My father has end stage heart failure and copd; he's 95 and I am looking after him at home; but although he had said he wanted to stay at home, I am worried that as his condition deteriorates he would be more comfortable in the hospice where emergency medication can ....
freya 6 years ago
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Hi / Mam was told yesterday they are stopping all treatment now other than morphine / this is after a 3 year battle - my brain is in utter turmoil as I try to process this and support my 88 year old Dad as well - how on earth do ....
Judith 6 years ago
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My best friend lost her battle in November, she was more like a sister to me than my own sister, we were at school together and were friends for 30 years. I miss her like crazy and wish I could hear what she is saying to me. My mum is ....
Emma18 6 years ago
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In 2016 my husband of 50 years had a melanoma removed from his back and we thought that was the end of that. Not so, this metastasised and has spread to the brain, lungs, liver and spleen. The brain being the worst hit. The oncologist has said there is no ....
ashtrees40 6 years ago
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