Hi everyone I’m looking for support, advice and maybe to realise I’m not the only person who feels like they are stuck in evil nightmare.
My beautiful mumma was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in February 2019 and we were told she had 2-6 months left to live.
When she was first diagnosed it was a huge shock as after beating non Hodgkin lymphoma twice in a 6 year period when the warning signs started we assumed the lymphatic cancer had returned, we had prepared are selves for that news and knew exactly how strong she was and she could do it a 3rd time.
We are trying so hard to come to terms with the fact she is dying and no treatment would be given to help her fight this.
She has since being diagnosed become extremely breathless and more tired.
I don’t know if anyone can offer any advice or anything but I just thought I’d try.
She is under the care of the hospice but nothing really seems to be happening, I know when things start to get worse they will support her but I just feel so lost.
I cant imagine my life without my mum,
Knowing that very soon she’ll be taken away from me and there’s nothing I can do to stop it is killing me inside, all any girl wants is her mum
My husband had three heart attaks in the last three years,he was then told he has lung cancer and after 20 radio and 12 chemo he has been told that it is terminal. The GP prescribed a course of steroids,they seemed to help and bouyed him up. We have an appointment withthe hospice to see if they can offer him any support and advice He was becoming quite breathless and he was told that 2.5ml of liquid morphine would help for that. We are going to ask if he can have more steroids. I am so sorry you are all suffering. You are right when you say it is like an evil nightmare.
I know it is hard to do but you need to focus on making today the best day possible for your mum. When my mother's cancer became terminal, that is what I did, focus on making today the best day for her. Eventually you can hopefully string those days into weeks and months. Now that my mother is gone, those days between the terminal diagnosis and her death were some of the happiest times in our lives. I have lots of memories that I will carry with me for many years to come.
Best wishes
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