I have recently lost my dad after a battle with lung, liver and stomach cancer. He died just 2 weeks after diagnosis, and it was a secondary cancer from "moderate" bowel cancer he had last yr and that we thought was under control after 6 months of precautionary chemo!
I am 23yrs old and not only am I not coping with this huge loss of my dad who I loved so much, but I am struggling to deal with everything that comes along with that. My mum and dad were devoted, and the day my dad died, he took my mum with him, she is lost without him and I don't know how to make things better for her. I am angry that my life has been tipped upside down and that none of my friends are having to deal with it. I am finding it hard to accept that my life will never be the same again and I want things to be how they were.
So if theres anyone out there who understands where I'm coming from, or who can offer words of advice that would be great as its a very lonely place to be in at the mo xx
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