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End of life pathway

My mum is 88, has dementia and was admitted to hospital two weeks ago after collapsing (happened before possible attention seeking). She was found to have an infection and after one week doctors had almost cleared infection. They wanted to find what caused infection and had concluded that it was ....

Squirrel 8 years ago

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89 year old father diagnosed with terminal cancer. Shell shocked.

We've had the shocking news this week that my FIL has terminal cancer in the Oesophogus. They also found it in his liver, brain and bones.He is currently in hospital having had an operation to insert a stent into his oesophogus so he can eat. His consultants are meeting on ....

mrswottinger 8 years ago

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Practical ways to help someone newly diagnosed?

Hello all,I've just joined today. A good friend of mine has very recently been diagnosed with an aggressive high grade malignant brain tumour.She is as yet unaware of the seriousness of her condition as her husband can't bring himself to tell her yet.It has all happened very, very quickly from ....

pixie1104 8 years ago

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Heart breaking

My mum was first diagnosed with cervical cancer 12 years ago, she had a radical hysterectomy. 10 years ago she had cancer of the vagina stage 2,she batteled through radio and chemo...4 years ago we found out she had lung cancer..it was a new cancer..we were gutted.mum still bravely marched ....

anu10 8 years ago

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Q&A - Looking after yourself when you're a carer

When you’re caring for someone with a terminal illness, it can be easy to forget to take care of yourself. But there are lots of things you can do to look after your own health and wellbeing. So ask us your questions and about what support there is available for ....

MarkWilkin 9 years ago

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Q&A - Dementia and Terminal Illness

In our latest community Q&A we're covering Dementia and Terminal Illness and we're joined by Colette from the Alzheimer's Society who'll be answering your questions. We'll be covering the issues and the complications that carers can face while looking after someone with dementia when they're nearing the end of life. We're ....

MarkWilkin 9 years ago

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Grandparents

Hi, I'd like to share information about my support group,which is specifically for grandparents of children with cancer. My own grandson was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma in 2010, and I couldn't find any support for someone in my situation,so I started my own. If you are a grandparent of a child ....

patH 9 years ago

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Supporting someone losing a loved one

I just thought I would share some of my experience, as I remember feeling very alone and would have appreciated a community like this one. My partner lost his mother to cancer when we were both at university. Throughout our second year at uni we would spend each weekend travelling ....

ElizaF 9 years ago

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Q&A - Talking to children about death and dying

Talking to children about death and dying is one of the hardest conversations to have around the subject of terminal illness. So in our first Question & Answer session on the Marie Curie Community please ask us any questions you've got on the subject and we'll do our best to ....

MarkWilkin 9 years ago

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Carers UK State of Caring Survey 2015

Carers UK have just launched their State of Caring Survey 2015, which looks into the impact that caring for ill relatives can have on carers' finances, health and ability to live their own lives. This information helps provide vital evidence for their research and work with national and local government to ....

MarkWilkin 9 years ago

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