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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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    Struggling to cope. Mum has stage 4 cancer. Treatment stopped end of November but she's still here. Feeling so burnt out

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    Grandma with TNBC - I feel so overwhelmed and heartbroken watching her decline. I don't know how to support her

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    Researcher asking for feedback on a developing research project [content warning – this post contains discussion around the survival]

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    Lung and brain cancer

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    Worried I have cancer

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    Goblet cell adenocarcinoma

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    my husband chorodial melanoma is back he is having eye and tumour removed tomorrow 1st september then once healed hes having targetted radiation

    Started by Grankath in Ask the nurses
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    Pea sized lump on my vaginal wall - what could this be?

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    Chronic pain on left side

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    Swallowing Help

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    just been diagnosed with cancer with unknown primary

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