Hello my grandad has been diagnosed with laryngeal cancer, of the voice box last month. We are awaiting his treatment. There hasn’t been a day I haven’t cried My grandad brought me up he is a dad to me and I’m very close to him I am struggling so much he is 82 but incredibly strong both mentally and physically for his age. He still is cracking jokes and making us all laugh he is a inspiration. He has the best support system of us all doing all we can to ensure he is ok. But I feel like each day of myself trying to stay strong I am slowly breaking I am so scared for the future, im anxious all the time I’m the lowest I have ever been mentally worrying about him and the future I normally my grandad is my support network and I haven’t got that because I can’t put my worry on him I just want to support him. I just wanted to reach out and chat to people who may feel the same and try to support each other or just have a chat because I’m sure I’m not the only one who is struggling. Best wishes for all of you and your families xx
Hi Elisha
Welcome to our community and thank you for reaching out on here. One thing I found some time ago was how powerful we are as a team because that "I have to be strong" bit is much easier to type than deliver.
The bit from diagnosis to treatment is one nearly everyone rates as the most difficult of all since we have all been programmed with the idea of "get treatment early" - but mostly that is to get people to their GP.
When we look at Your feelings when someone has cancer can help a bit to make us feel more "normal" and that can be very helpful in making us the best we can be for our loved ones. It can be helpful to talk in general though because your grandad will know you are worried - because of who he is and that might just be the best support of all.
<<hugs>>
Steve
