I took Mum for the meeting with the specialist nurse yesterday where she was told that they are confident that she has incurable cancer in her oesophagus and Gullet. They have booked her in for another Biopsy on Monday to find out more about the cancer and make a treatment plan but Mum is morbidly Obese and struggles to walk so Chemo may be too much of a stretch for her.
i don’t like with my kids (they are 15 and 11) and I’m not due to have have them until next weekend when I know more. My 11 y/old Son knows that his Nanny has been unwell and has seen her over the past 2 weeks. My daughter, however, has just finished GCSE’s and has missed the last couple of opportunities to see my Mum because she is busy with revision/ end of year stuff.
I’m planning on telling them about my Mum next weekend and I’d also like them to see her before she gets worse. I’d really like to know if anyone on here has advise around:
How to tell the kids generally
Whether to tell them the extent of my Mums illness before or after they’ve seen her.
How to support my daughter with any potential guilt that she may feel for not having seen my Mum in a while
Thanks
