New Member saying hello

My name is Louise. I live in Edmonton Alberta Canada. But was born in Halifax England. I am 37 years old and I am single with 3 children. My reason for joining is because I just lost my father to cancer on August 27 2016. I would like to find out more about cancer and what it is and what it does. Also how people deal with the loss of a loved one to cancer and hopefully I can answer any ones questions about what my dad went through too. I hope to meet new friends and support system 

  • Hi Louise. Just joined as well and so sorry to hear about your loss.  We are going through the latter stages of cancer with my Dad. I, like you, want to learn as much as I can about this terrible disease and how it devastates not only the patient but also the family. I have been very lucky to live near to Clatterbridge Hospital in Wirral, Cheshire, which has helped me to begin understanding more. It is a centre of excellence and my Dad was only given one year to live in March 2015 and with new trial drugs this has extended much more than we could have hoped. I want to learn more about what we can all do and how we can support people in the same position.