Hi everyone,
I’m new to this community and seeking some support.
In 2018 my mother was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour and received treatment which later resulted in stroke and other complications.
She was given a 3-5 year life expectancy and told this is terminal. 6 years on, I am thankful to have her here but also grieving who she was. The ability to walk without mobility aid, a conversation about the present, the smiles and no mentions of wanting to end her life as she feels there’s no quality. This is very difficult to deal with. Her partner is emotionally unavailable and very neglectful around her illness, it breaks my heart to see her suffer and believe this is all she deserves.
Hi Missterious
A warm welcome to our community I hope you find it useful. I am Steve one of the community champions and my direct experience with cancer comes via my wife who has stable but incurable Leiomyosarcoma.
The feeling of grief for the life we had and the future we expected is not uncommon when a loved one has cancer, we can see this is a list of all kinds of emotions carers can go through here.
<<hugs>>
Steve
