Hi everyone.
It's been 3 weeks since my Grandma died, the funeral has taken place and now everything seems to be heading back to normal, well not back to normal, maybe a sense of a kind of normality that seems to suit the current mood.
As the post states i'm feeling a bit sort of weird, I wouldn't say lost, just mainly in a kind of dream like sense, of I know that she isn't here anymore, however i'm thinking have i mourned enough and is it ok to carry on with my daily routine.
I think because i was so used to in her final days, going to the hospice, and not thinking now everything has started to calm down, I don't know what to do with myself.
I don't want to sound disrespectful or horrible, when i say this but as i really wish she was still here with us, telling me off and offering to make my tea (always chicken burger with smiley faces and then offering me a cup of tea with cake afterwards, and then saying now would you like anything else). Anyway what i'm trying to say is, have you felt it was a bit of an anticlimax, (even typing that i feel like im being horrible and rude) but we had expected it to happen for weeks and when it did, I felt a bit like oh what do i do now, I think the main bulk of this post, is to say i feel a bit lost as to what to do next.
Sorry that was really long winded to get to the end.
I think even i don't know what i;m meant to be doing right now.
Hope
x
I know what you mean, almost like you dont know when is the right time to get into the new normal? I'm feeling that way. I lost my dad 7 weeks ago and I'm due back at work on monday. I don't know if it's the right thing to do or not, but I dont really know how long I'm supposed to take, or how long "active grieving" is normal for. When I say "active grieving" I mean not being able to go about my daily routine without either crying or having a panic attack. I was in the shop just 2 days ago and started crying because I saw del monte fruit pots and dad always had one of those after his lunch. In fact it was the last thing he ate before he passed away the following day.
I guess you're so focused on the planning of the funeral etc that when it's all over it is an anti climax. I very much felt like I didn't know what to do, almost like the funeral was over and so I shouldn't be sad anymore. But of course I'm still absolutely devastated. I have found that having something to focus on has helped keep me from slipping into the pit of depression that I've been in in the past. I dont know what happens next though. I also feel a bit lost as to what to do and how to feel. The last significant loss I had was my nana 10 years ago, and I dont remember ever really knowing when I was ok again. I just know that it did happen and I guess I'm just going to have to plod on until I'm no longer just plodding on.
Sending you lots of love
Sian x
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