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Fighting cancer, husband wants out, children taken away
Hi everyone, I'm writing on behalf on my sister who is currently fighting cancer and is going through a very difficult time, a year and a half after her cancer diagnosis. This is her story. Jane and John have been married for a number of years and have several children. There are tensions in the marriage, because John has…
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How supportive is your partner?
Hi everyone, I had my biopsy on Friday and the radiologist said it was most likely cancer. I was a complete fool and didn't follow up on the ultrasound and mammogram that was performed in October as the report said it was probably ok. Unfortunately it's doubled in size. I receive the diagnosis on Tuesday. As you can all…
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Do you celebrate Valentine's Day ?
As yet another lonely Valentine's Day comes along I think of how others may be 'celebrating', how circumstances can be so different. Some will be cuddling up and enjoying spending time together. Some will be travelling near and far. There may be flowers and chocolates, plans for a great day out together. Some may be…
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Husband not coping
Does anyone have any advice dealing with a husband who is not dealing with a diagnosis? He’s leaning on me for emotional support and has spent most of the holidays drunk (he was a heavy drinker before) but he just sees the diagnosis as using drinking as a way to cope. I’m trying to stay strong and recover from chemo while…
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husband not coping with my physical appearance since failed reconstruction
Hi I had a mastectomy and immediate reconstruction on breast that was prev radiated - I was aware of risk might fail and unfortuantely that has happened. 'I am left with a mound with nipple and v confronting to look at as sort of collapsed on itself. My husband is really struggling with my appearance and cant bear to look…
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Is anyone Type 2 Diabetes with diet control and Diaformin/Metformin Tablets, not on insulin?
Just wondering if anyone has Type 2 Diabetes and on Diamformin/Metformin tablets & diet control, rather than insulin? Or a partner who is? My husband is a Type 2 Diabetic & his levels are a tad high just now. I'll be getting him to the Dr for further tests in the next day or so - but am just wondering what your diet is &…
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Newly diagnosed .. Glad I've found a safe place
Hello everyone, Glad I've found a safe place where I can vent and talk to others that understand. I had a routine mamogram and they found a large mass or lump, so I had to have a core biopsy and lymph node biopsy, boy I dont want to go through that again, it wont hurt they said!😣 I've had my bone scan and now waiting to…
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Heartbroken, but unbroken
We have just been hit with a TNBC diagnosis. My wife is 44 and we have two young kids. Our world's been turned upside down. There's so much raw emotion and the sense of grief that we all know all too well. Its been 12 days since diagnosis. She had a mastectomy on Wednesday, and a couple of lymph nodes removed. Today we…
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Not doing so well tonight
I had my breast reduction local wide excision with 3 nodes removed yesterday. My partner did not offer to come in, so he went to work and I did it on my own. I was a bit disappointed that he did not offer, but as he lost his wife to metastatic melanoma I do understand that this is confronting for him. He came in to visit…
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What no one tells you about sex after cancer
I found this on Mama Mia ..... and couldn’t find a link ....
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Finding Happiness In The New Normal
I'm in the process of rebuilding my life after BC. My internal and external life. The oncologist says the physical recovery from chemo will take about a year. I'm at the three month mark from the bilateral mastectomy and DIEP reconstruction and feel more or less physically recovered though my belly is still quite tight.…