My mum is living with secondary breast cancer and after a brief spell in hospital she has been told her cancer is terminal. We haven't been given any information as to how long she has but she has deteriorated quite quickly since diagnosis. I have an older sister but she doesn't visit very often ( she still works full time and lives about 45 minutes away), so most of the time it's me and my husband who visit. I am completely at a loss what to do next as my mum was adamant she didn't want any care. In the beginning this was fine as she was still independent and not really exhibiting any symptoms but very quickly she has gone downhill. She's lost her appetite and she's not really drinking much so we are struggling to give her the best care, whilst I am still working and my husband tries to do his best after a stroke. Any advice would be great and thank you for reading this x
Hi Sapphire31welcome to the forum..I wonder if it's time to have a chat with your sister re asking for her help as you can't nor continue to do all this by yourself. You are working as well and caring for your own husband so you have a busy life as well. Can you have a chat with your mum re how she is feeling now as her thoughts may have changed. I think you need to be honest with her about there being a limit as to what you can do as what none of us want to see is you becoming unwell yourself by being so overstretched. Please don't beat yourself up you sound like a loving daughter who is doing her best to support her mum at to respect mums wishes..I wonder if you might like to chat with someone at the Macmillan Line and get some advice and talk through what the possibilities may be for you.08088080000..Best wishes and thinking of you..Gail xx
Thank you, things have now taken a sudden decline and I have been stopping with mum for a couple of nights. I'm feeling that mum hasn't got much time left and I will know more after the community nurses have been today. My sister is coming to see her tomorrow as she's told them at work she's not going in and her daughter is also coming to see her tomorrow. Perhaps we shall be able to unite ourselves and talk.
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