My 41 year old daughter has a terminal brain tumour she does struggle sometimes but I hide my feelings when I see her but it is breaking me up. She lives in Hampshire and I live in Cambridgeshire. In February I spent 3 weeks with her and it hurt me a lot, she had finished radio therapy at the end of December and is now on a 5 day course of chemo tablets. She has lost mobility in her left arm and left leg is no better, she wears a splint, and has now got a wheelchair but she doesn't use it all the time determined to walk as much as she can. Being a widow I struggle some days with accepting that I may outlive my daughter very painful.
Hi Caring Mum
So sorry to hear about your daughter, I have had a few friends who have outlived their children but it is something I can only imagine (I hope!)
There was quite a good blog recently on parents of children with cancer you can see here
As much as we might like to the think we can hide our feelings I find it does not really work, sometimes I have seen people with cancer say that their partner does not care because they never show any emotion - there really is not an easy win to be had.
Thank you for sharing though, because we all struggle on some days and together we will be stronger.
<<hugs>>
Steve
