How to cope with terminal diagnosis.

Hello - I just wanted to reach out and say I am so sorry to hear this, this group is truly wonderful, albeit the club no body wants to join, and I know you will get a lot of support and love here. 

I have read on here that sharing memories, photo albums, watching old videos has been helpful

sitting in the garden and listening to the birds and feeling the sun on your face

Just being together

Thinking of you both

I can't imagine how shocked you and your husband must be it is indeed a cruel disease with no boundaries

Do whatever he would like to do with advice from the mcmillan people

even if he's sleeping wht about a cruise on the river

love and hugs to you both i wish I knew more to help 

Since being given a terminal diagnosis I have cherished every day.  I have no long term future to plan for or dream of instead I reflect on the past and the life I have lived. I am completing an app called Your Story. It costs £149 and when completed it is a 200 page book of my life story including photographs. Bitter sweet is that I became a grandmother for the first time 6 weeks ago and it is because my grandson will never know me I was inspired to do this. The app poses questions such as “describe your first day at school” to aid in the telling the story of my life. The questions also prompt discussion with friends and family and evoke memories I thought I had lost. I find it therapeutic to remind myself of happier days and distract myself of what is to come.  

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply and for your kind words. 

I will get our old photos out and see if a trip down memory lane can bring a bit of a smile to his face.

Thank you for the suggestion.

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I am very grateful.

Unfortunately my husband would not have the energy or concentration at this stage to do the life story route - although he did write, and have published recently, a memoir of his grieving up in Pembrokeshire. I am very proud of what he achieved there and I am sure your family will be very proud of your book.

We will take up your suggestion of talking about the “old days” and happy times.

Thanks again.

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply.

Trips down memory lane seem to be a popular suggestion so I shall be digging out the old photos etc. and see how that works.

Thanks again.