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Your space to discuss the impact of living with cancer. It can help to share with people who understand.

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Caring for someone with cancer

Share your feelings and get support if someone you care about is living with cancer.

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    Blood test question

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    Colorectal cancer - living with a stoma that can't be reversed and worried my cancer will come back. I have flashbacks as well. Is this normal?

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    Finding a positive

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    Diagnosed today with Basal Cell Carcinoma on the nose and feeling worried.

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    Newly diagnosed but decisions are not being made

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    My father was told he had cancer from a endoscopy yet the biopsy has come back no cancer?!

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    Ca 125 - can feeling unwell and COVID affect your levels?

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    Mole change

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    Awaiting potential diagnosis.

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    Constipation and diarrhoea - can they be signs of bowel cancer?

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    A very hard day - everything seems to hit me in waves. Husband has advanced renal cancer and the reality of what lies ahead has hit me hard

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