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My dads been diagnosed with cancer

Katieflechet
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I was just looking for some advice my dads had a strange lump on his neck and went to the doctors unfortunately it has turned out to be cancer me and my dad are very close and I am still only young I'm 15 and I'm scared he won't make it we don't know what type it is weather it's treatable or not I'm just not sure what to do I'm scared to find out what type it is 

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    Hi Katie. Welcome to the forum.

    Being scared is normal.  Cancer is a scary word, but it is just word, not a sentence.

    I think knowledge is power, and you are entitled to ask your parents what type of cancer it is, and what the doctors say about it.  After all, this affects you, too. 

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    Hi Katie. Welcome to the forum.

    Being scared is normal.  Cancer is a scary word, but it is just word, not a sentence.

    I think knowledge is power, and you are entitled to ask your parents what type of cancer it is, and what the doctors say about it.  After all, this affects you, too. 

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