I can’t get my mum and dads face’s out of my head when the doctor told us mum had terminal cancer. Their face’s / reaction broke my heart, and I can’t get that picture out of my head. I’m now dre
ing results of biopsy and CT Scan in a week or so . My heart breaks for them,,, I feel so so sorry for mum, I just feel like bursting into tears
Hi Debbie duck and a warm welcome to our community though sorry to hear about what you are going through.
We all "know" that 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their life time but somehow we never expect it to be someone we know. There are all sorts of emotions that we can go through as we can see here. Personally been through pretty much all of those as it is about 8 years now since my wife was diagnosed with incurable cancer - mind you she is still here and in actually rather good health.
There is a lot of information on the site about supporting someone at this time here.
I ended up doing a living with less stress course. The living in the here and now bit was very helpful, the conscious breathing helps to deal with when life throws a curve ball - sometimes results can be worse than expected but they can also be much-much better - in my wife's case even surprising the oncologist.
My emotions sit much nearer the surface than before and yes sometimes I cry. Joyful stories make me even more likely to cry.
<<hugs>>
Steve
