Is anyone else in the same situation as me
im an only child and I only have my mum as I don’t have much of a relationship with my dad. Im 35 and she’s 68 and we’ve just found out she has stage 4 lung cancer.
im absolutely broken, angry and scared. I don’t think I can do life without my mummy and I don’t have anyone to share the pain with being an only child, she has been the only constant in my life and I don’t know how long I have left with her. Im panicking so much me and my mum are best friends and do everything together.
i just want to know if there is anyone else similar to my situation!
This is the exact situation I am in. I could have written this. I’m an only child, 35 in a few months, distant relationship with my dad (alcoholic, emotionally immature, not very kind), I’m unmarried, I don’t have children, my mom is my best friend. I already feel so lonely and have wanted a family of my own so badly. She was diagnosed 2 years ago. She’s 68 and has lung cancer, I think it’s progressed to stage iv now. I feel like we only have one year left. I don’t know how I will go on without her. I am so scared.
This is the exact situation I am in. I could have written this. I’m an only child, 35 in a few months, distant relationship with my dad (alcoholic, emotionally immature, not very kind), I’m unmarried, I don’t have children, my mom is my best friend. She’s 68 and has lung cancer. I think we only have one year left. I don’t know how I will go on without her. I am so scared.
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