Mum recently diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, I want to look after her but looking for advice from anyone who has been in a similar situation

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Hi

Im new here, im just looking for a bit of advice as im still in shock.


My mum (68 years old) had a seizure roughly 6 weeks ago, she had a scan and they found a very large brain tumor, a week later they operated to remove it but couldn’t remove 100% of it so they did a biopsy, 10 days later we got the results it was grade 4 glioblastoma and was very aggressive and incurable.

She was referred to an oncologist to discuss Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy to manage it and try to stop it spreading, we were awaiting an appointment but a few days ago she started to deteriorate and had to go back in hospital and put in a medically induced coma as she had another seizure and was in ICU

She is now more stable and the hospital are waiting for her physical health to improve and if she can have the treatment

I have moved back home so i can look after her if she can come out and have the treatment but my family are extremely unsupportive and keep putting me down telling me i cant do it, is there any other support i can get? Or has anyone experienced anything similar? Will it be difficult to manage and what should i expect?