Hi I'm Marion, I'm 66 and I'm widowed with 4 grown up daughters. Last year my daughter Rosie, who's 34, was diagnosed with urachal cancer, which is very rare and pretty well undocumented. She had a successful operation last summer and headed off to Mexico and Colombia to travel. Unfortunately, in March this year she suspected the cancer had recurred and this turned out to be the case. The cancer has spread into her bladder and abdomen and we are currently awaiting an mri on her liver, after which she will undergo chemo. She's now living with me and to be honest i don't know how to begin coping with this. Every day when i wake up is the worst time; I'm convinced shes going to die and that holding onto hope is futile, but through the day i start to be more optimistic. I think it would help to talk to other people who are going through this; the potential death of a child is a terrible thing and i don't know how to deal with it. My husband died 21 years ago of a brain tumour aged 39 and i have this terrible fear that I'm walking the same path all over again.
