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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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    Hope - mother has been fighting cancer for 5 years. Now it's spread all over. Where do we go from here?

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    My husband has cancer and I’m lost

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    PSA has tripled to 6.0

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    Transport costs - is there anything I can get to help with travel or parking? I'm due to have radiotherapy for breast cancer but the hospital is far away

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    In the scheme of things an daft question (but I want to feel human again)

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    Discovering you’ve got cancer - just found out I have lymphoma in my chest

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    Suziebird - diagnosed with malignant melanoma which has spread. Worried about the surgery I might have to have if my next one doesn't work. What could it be?

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