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jodier Member Posts: 1

October 2014 edited October 2014 in Parents, carers and disabled parents

hi, my son is recovering from bladder cancer, his kidney also failed so he has utherostomies, also he lost most of his right foot some of his left and fingertips, i felt when we got discharged from hospital there was no support and thats when i felt we needed it the most i have gone back to college to become a family support worker to provide a support group in my area does anybody have anything like this in their are any advice would be much appreciated thank you xxx

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