hi everyone im new and would appreciate advise and support. my dear mum has just been diagnosed with breast cancer, it is also in her bones, lungs and liver. so not good. it seems to have appeared in the last few weeks. back in june it was discovered that she had cancer in her womb which they took away (along with her womb, overies and lining) mum said she is far too old to have more children so take it away! (she is 66) a follow up check said all cancer was gaone and no further treatment required. phew that was a relief. three weeks later mum started wheezing and was very breathless. she had a slight pain in her side. drs checked and sent her to hospital as they thought it might be a blood clot. a week of tests in hospital they advised no blood clot just cancer! my lovely dear mum remains upbeat and unphazed. but i am scared! how do i cope without her? how can i stay strong for her when all i want to do is cry and get angry. why my mum? my mum has looked after my 12 yr old daughter while i work so they have such a close relationship. my daughter is too young to suffer heart break. xxx
have been busy filling out forms and seeing docs. mum had a good cry on sunday which she said made her feel a bit better but she said she felt dissappointed that shes not as strong as she thought. bless her! this is typical mum! i told her that no matter how much she cries (i think she is entitled too!) i will always consider her strong as thats what mums are!
i thanked her too as pushing that bl**dy wheelchair (now nicknamed the wollychair) is working miracles with me calf muscles! who knows maybe a flat stomach is on its way!
im so sorry to here about your mum.My mum in law sadly passed away two weeks ago from cancer and i am heartbroken.My story is similar to yours my daughter is also twelve and she was really close to her gran so ive watched her suffer and i cant do nothing about it.She is coping better than we thought.All i can say to you is tell her the truth from day one because she will understand.We made sure my daughter knew all the hospital visits all the chemo and radio times etc.We tried to include her in every single thing.She even knows things that we dont because her gran talked to her about it.I remember one day she asked me is gran going to die it was heartbreaking.All i said was that she had this horrible disease and if it gets to bad we wouldnt want her to suffer it was so awful,I am thinking of you all god bless xxxxxx
