Dealing with Grandad's diagnoses, and pregnant!

Oh bless you, I thought you were my daughter when I started reading your post. She is also expecting her first baby and my dad, her grandad was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer 5 weeks ago. First one lung, then both lungs, then bone cancer and then lymph nodes ..in 12 days he was in 3 hospitals and then home for 2 weeks but now back in hospital. It's so sad and so hard to deal with emotions and being pregnant brings more emotions. I know what you mean because I'm on an emotional rollercoaster. You are in my thoughts. Xxxxx

Mjb62, thank to for your reply.

I am so sorry to hear about your Dad! It's just horrendous and I don't know why this has to happen to such beautiful people.

Grandad's cancer was found by an accident.. had a new knee replacement and they left the staples in too long. So his skin healed over them. When taking out he passed out with the pain.. they did a body scan and found a shadow, and an Abdominal Aotic Aneurysm. He's been through so much in his life. He doesn't deserve this xxxx thinking of you and your family xxxx

Hello CLG90 and mjb62, I'm sorry to hear about your family situation but glad you've both  joined the community as  u already are getting support from each other 

You might consider joining the Family and friends and Lung cancer groups n also putting a  bit in your profile - so u don't have to keep repeating yourself.

There is also a Bone, secondary cancer group mjb62

CLG90, have you got any practical support locally? Thinking of u trying to do everything n being  pregnant as well.

Take care of yourself.

Ring the helpline on 0808 808 0000 8am to 8pm to ask their advice re practical support and/or your grandad's GP/cancer nurse specialist.

Hi and another welcome to the online community

I'm sorry to hear that your grandad has recently been diagnosed with lung cancer. This must have come as a tremendous shock to you at a time when you should be happy and excited about your pregnancy.

It's perfectly normal to feel that you're struggling to comes to terms with it all and you may find this information from Macmillan useful in helping you to understand these feelings and also this on dealing with your emotions.

Hopefully you'll find that talking to others in a similar situation to yourself is a real help so can I suggest that you join the family and friends group where you can share your feelings and get support.

To join just click on the link I've created and then choose 'join this group' on the page that opens. You can then introduce yourself or post a question after selecting 'start a discussion' or join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.

Sending a supportive ((hug))