Consumed by grief for my mom

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I feel like I am in a dark pit of grief. This is my new reality. My mom is not here. I still can’t believe it is real. I feel so broken and the pain is so bad. My husband is lovely and tries to be supportive. But he said today that my reaction is extreme. What the heck does that mean? I am grieving my mom, who died suddenly and we weren’t prepared for it. I spent 6 months fighting for someone to listen to me. I knew she was seriously ill. She kept getting dismissed by Dr’s & consultants. She was in hospital for 12 days and on the 11th day they found out what was wrong. We were told the following day, 1 1/2 hours later she died. She had terminal cancer. How on earth did anyone miss it? We are in the process of getting her medical records so we can file a complaint and have things investigated.

I just feel so sad and tired of it all. My mom was my everything. I miss her so much & don’t know how I will ever get over this. 

  • Hi Beccad, I’m so sorry for your loss, my mum passed quickly after her diagnosis, it is very hard to come to terms with the fact she had terminal cancer and then that we lost her so quickly, I did think it’s fair to say it’s extreme everybody’s grief is different and she was your mum, I still have moments that catch me out, I feel so empty, everything I do I think I’ll ring mum and tell her or when something is not right I’ll pop and see her but I can’t, I’m here if you want to chat, take care

  • I am sorry for your loss too. It’s hard to get your head around it when it happens so quickly. My husband also said that my mom was one of my pillars & that has gone so I feel unsteady. I feel all the emotions of grief and they are so heavy. We shared so much with our common interests. I am finding it so hard to do the things I used to do. No one can put a time on grief and it’s hard to explain at. Work is a major issue as I feel very isolated & no one really checks in with me. I sit in my office on my own & could go to work and leave without seeing anyone Disappointed. I am just in a very low place right now. 

  • I'm so sorry for your loss. You spent all those months fighting to be heard, and you want to be heard now. It is totally reasonable to feel extreme grief and to want to be heard and understood by those around you, without feeling bad about it.

    I hope the complaint process is going ok and helping to a certain extent. You are still fighting her corner.

    Sending supportive vibes..

  • Thank you. It’s so exhausting, we are still waiting for some of her medical records and then we will proceed with the complaint 

    Grief can be very lonely too  I am sat at work on my own feeling very isolated. People say pop in and see me for a cuppa. But I am just not in the mood to chat. I just want to cry. 

  • Everyone reacts in their own way. Sudden passing ... can be really traumatic as it's a shock. My partners dad passed away from a heart attack after being admitted to hospital.  She found it really traumatic.
    My Dad passed recently after bladder cancer ... not "unexpected" but a really long slow burn of grief.

    I'm sorry for your loss and hope you're doing OK, take care of your physical and mental health. 

  • So sorry for your losses too. Today has been my day off from work and did have some time out to myself which helped. I had a couple of hours of not having to think about anything. 

    I have to allow myself to grieve and not hide it. 

    take care