Hi everyone, I have just signed up to this site today.
I'm struggling with how to deal with my Aunt's terminal diagnosis and the '3 months' she may have left. When we talk she is, as you would expect, just the same as always and trying to equate that to her not being around is something I just can't seem to get my head around.
As relatives I guess we are quite selfish as we want to have them for as long as we can but I certainly don't want to see her in pain. I know I need to make the most of every second and that one week in the world of terminal cancer can be like a month in regular time and I'm trying my best NOT to get upset in front of her or my Uncle (they've been married over 60 years so I'm trying my best to support him).
I don't even know what I'm really asking in this post, perhaps I'm just sharing.
Hi Yorkie Girl
I think one thing many of us have found on here is that there is some element of "a trouble shared is a trouble halved" that can stand as being true.
If only I had pound for every one who says I need to be strong or I need to not get upset - but they know and of course perhaps the best we can do is make the most of the time we have left. Hopefully the doctors will manage to keep any pain under control though sometimes there is a balance to be made in not knocking someone out totally.
<<hugs>>
Steve
