My mum has bladder cancer which has spread to her adrenal gland, she is starting chemotherapy and Immunotherapy next week.
She has already fought , and beat, Breast cancer and Thyroid cancer in the past, but we have been told that the treatment is not curable.
I just feel so sad...I wake up in the early hours thinking about what she is going to miss....family milestones ...and just cry.
I found out just over a week ago that my mum has stage four lung cancer and there is no cure or treatment. She’s now at home with carers four times a day and I’m the space of a few weeks my whole life has been turned upside down. I know how you feel with the sadness and crying and when memories come up I shoot them down and won’t alllow myself to think of them as I feel absolutely distraught. I seek solace in my cats and just the feel of them and then feel guilty for not being with my mum.24-7
know that others are out there and are always happy to listen x
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