Hi there,
Looking for any advice for carers when their loved one is going through a bad day.
My mum has stage 4 metastatic breast cancer and is undergoing treatment that she will have for the rest of her life. Some days at the end of her cycle she goes through theese horrific mood swings. She is angry towards everyone and anything and almost depressed. She wont let us give her her medication or do anything for her to help, she just tells us she wants to be left alone.
I have set up her tablets and alarms so she can take them herself when she feels like this and she said she has been taking them but i just dont know what to do! Ive asked if i can sit with her she says no, i ask if i can run her a bath, no. Ive tried everything. Should i just leave her alone like she asks? Im worried that if i do, she will think i dont care because ive not bothered to help or if i keep asking and checking in on her she will get fustrated that i wont just leave her alone? I feel so stuck!
Any advice or tips would be so helpful
Hi , I had something like this with my husband. The best advice I had was, you can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink. It made me realise that there was nothing I could do but leave him alone until he was ready to accept support. It wasn't along before he softened up. I'm sure your mum won't think you've deserted her; after all, you would just be doing what she asked you to do.
Hugs, LoobyLou
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