My mum was diagnosed with lung cancer just after Christmas. Although she was not in the best of health generally she wanted to give chemo a go. It totally wiped her out and she has decided not to continue with chemo. She has never wanted to know the prognosis but was happy for the family to know. I have seen her really struggle over the last few weeks and have gone from crying all the time to almost wanting the suffering to end quickly. We saw the Oncologist today and asked 'the question ' whilst my mum was out the room. She has weeks!! Whilst I shouldn't be surprised and I had guessed as much, today has made it all very final. I'm numb. My mum can't cope with alot people around her and often wants her own space. We as a family completely respect that but obviously just want to be close to her. We were already in touch loosely with the hospice nurse who is coming to visit on Wednesday. I still can't quite comprehend that in a matter of weeks my mum won't be here anymore. I'm not really sure of the purpose of my post I just wanted to reach out to a community that I know are going through the same horrible journey in one way or another..
