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Grief & Bereavement
Trying Not To Forget
Hi My Name Is Charlie And I was wondering if anyone else knows how it feels to feel like you are forgetting your loved ones. Someday's I can't even remember her and it's only been 4.5 years. I don't remember what she looked like, what she smelled like,...
Charlie36
Grief & Bereavement
um hi there
hi hello, guess im here, and you're here reading this so a few months ago my dad died of melanoma and I haven't been feeling the best. so I reckon maybe a blog could help me release those emotions. who knows where this will go. lemon :/
salty_lemons
Grief & Bereavement
Going to funerals after a loved one has passed
I just wanted to put some feelings out there. I have been to 2 funerals since my mum's one, and I wanted to hear of others thoughts. I have had the same experience as my mums. I don't cry. At mums though I did cry when the hearse drove...
jessitaaa
Grief & Bereavement
My Cancer journey with my mum
It was October 2011. I was 14 years old when I found out my mum had cancer. Mum had been having chest pains for a while and decided to go to the doctors to check it out. After lots of test and scans they discovered she had a cancerous...
jessitaaa
Grief & Bereavement
Birthday
Hey everyone its Ella again So last Saturday the 6th of may it was my 18th birthday. A big milestone for me, if I'm honest didn't quite think I'd make but I'm glad I did, after looking back at the past 18 years it weird but also so nice...
Ella65
Grief & Bereavement
My big 2017
Hey everyone my name is Ella and this is my story I am very new to canteen, but not new to cancer. My cancer story started when i was 5 and my mum was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of 34 after a long back and forth...
Ella65
Grief & Bereavement
Bereaved Sibing. Pt 3.
Where has the last three months gone? Sorry for the delay. I've just started a new job and life has been one big learning curve, again. Speaking of learning curves. I did say that this post was going to be about what it was like for me to adjust...
laura.gibbins
Grief & Bereavement
The Cancer Journey of a Bereaved Sibling - Pt 2.
Hi again, Sorry it's been a while between posts. Life is crazy you know? I'm actually sitting in the CanTeen office in Sydney right now and thought "Better do it!". Where were we? I'd just heard the news. The next few weeks felt like years. In and out of...
laura.gibbins
Grief & Bereavement
The Cancer Journey of a Bereaved Sibling.
Hi! My name is Laura and my little sister passed away from cancer. I wasn’t too sure how to start this blog so I thought I might as well get straight to the point. Cancer did that thing where it sucks you up into this big black hole, spins...
laura.gibbins