My amazing mum is due to have her surgery in 2 weeks time, she is either due to have a single or a double mastectomy, she is waiting to hear back from genetics department and the results will determine which she has.
I want to try do something anything to help her that I can, I have ordered her 2 pillows from this amazing charity I have found call pillowpals is there anything else I should get her in to help her recover and to help her state of mind etc
My mum is the rock of our family and I feel she is bottling up her feelings and not processing what's happening, I think maybe once she has her results from the genetic testing might help her a little but i want to do as much as i can to help her now and after her surgery so any tips are most welcome
Thank you x
Hi Amandasb84 and welcome to our community though sorry to hear about your mum.
My wife's cancer is very different so perhaps more difficult for me to suggest anything in this line, though we all recognize the difficulties in getting a diagnosis and then the lead up to treatment and waiting for results and the rest.
Something I have seen many times on here is people saying how the patient is not coping and then also we see people say the patient is doing fine but I am a wreck. It might help if we look at Your feelings when someone has cancer because there are lots of stages we can go through and some can be more helpful than others.
<<hugs>>
Steve
