My mams new diagnosis

Hi. Really sorry to hear about your mam’s diagnosis. My daughter helped me when I was diagnosed by listening to me if I needed to talk and she took me to some of my appointments. Perhaps you could ask your mam what would be the best way to support her. Also, make sure you have support for yourself too.
The waiting is hard. I found it useful to write down any questions as they occurred to me and to have someone with me at my appointments, especially when being given results or discussing treatment plans. I hope this helps and wish your mam and you all the best. 

Hi, I was really grateful to have someone with me at appointments, to write down what the consultant said so that we could make sense of it afterwards.   During treatment, having support at home (cooking and cleaning) was also helpful, but mostly having someone who could help me be normal, distract me and not focus on the cancer was important.

Macmillan has some useful information, I’ve put the link here for you. Supporting someone with cancer link here

best wishes 

Thank you so much for this! Wishing you well with your treatment ️ xx 

Thank you so much for this ️ wishing you well with your treatment! X 

Hi Ilovemymam Really sorry your mum has been diagnosed but she's got you on her team which I know will be a great support. She's probably worrying abt you too and wanting to support you so share how you feel if she's happy for you to do so. I found it easier to know what my family were worried about rather than imagining. We were then able to talk it thru, cry together etc

Little things make a difference. Messages to let her know you are thinking of her, researching info - as others have said it's information overload so having someone else to check understanding with is helpful. Offer to help if needed/wanted. My daughter offered to do some ironing, it meant such a lot to me cos she NEVER irons as she hates it! Sometimes though I just needed to carry on as normally as poss so just be yourselves.  Good luck x