Hi, not sure where to start but my mum has recently been diagnosed with aggressive cancer, and been told 3-6 months. As you can imagine I’m all over the place with questions and general concern for my mum and dad. I live in Aberdeen and they live in Crawley. I have down down for the week to see them. She had a CT scan last week and we are awaiting the results of that and wether chemo is an option.
just after advise in terms of what I can do. I’m being strong around her but deep down I’m a wreck. Any advise please.
Hi Coffee and welcome to the Online Community although I am sorry to hear about your mum’s diagnosis and prognosis. A cancer diagnosis like this in the family can be such a stressful and challenging time but I do hope you will find the community a safe place to get support and ask your questions.
The Community has various support groups (discussion rooms) and when it comes to the practical and emotional challenges of supporting someone you may benefit from joining our general Family and friends and Supporting someone with incurable cancer groups where you will connect with others in the same position, a safe place to talk to others to ask questions and get support.
If you'd like to connect in with a group click on the Green (Bold) link I have created above. Then once the group page opens click on the black banner that says [click to join] at the bottom, or the [Join] button under "Group tools."
You can then introduce yourself by putting up a ‘new post’ by clicking in the box near the top right with + New or + (Depending on the device you are using) and you are ready to go. You could copy and paste the text from this post into your new post.
Macmillan have many support services so do check out the Macmillan Support Line is open 8am-8pm (timings may differ across services) 7 days a week on 0808 808 00 00. These services provide cancer information, practical information, emotional support, benefits/financial guidance or just a listening ear. We also have our Ask an Expert section but do allow a few working days for a reply.
Give me a shout if you need further help.
Best regards.
