Mums diagnosis

Hi Weepauls,

Nice to meet you but sorry it has to be here. Sorry to hear about your mum but please just take a breath, all is not lost. It’s that word cancer isn’t it, it sends the mind to some strange places. When I was told I had cancer I went from the doctors straight to M & S and bought nightdresses! just seemed the right thing to do, convinced I was going home to take to my bed. I too lost weight, when I got weighed for my CT scan I came in at 6 stone 6 pounds, jeez I think the dog was heavier than me and that was 3 years ago.

So here we are, Has your mum had any tests if she is waiting for the results of an MDT meeting and you know where her cancer is. People are now going to help your mum, at the beginning there’s an awful lot of waiting, waiting for tests, waiting for results, waiting for answers but there’s no other way to do it, we can’t change that. So whilst they are doing all that you need to help mum. If your mum has lost a lot of weight she isn’t going to feel like eating and certainly not big meals, so little & often, small snacks through the day may suit her better. If she is able to go out or is quite able in herself exercise will help her a short walk everyday, she should try to keep active even if it’s just a walk round the garden.

When you get the answers from the MDT meeting you will get back some control, you will know what you will be doing, things will settle down. You will cope, we all do.

I hope you get some answers soon, take care

Hi thanks for taking the time to answer me.  I feel helpless, lost, angry, sad, worried and just about every emotion in between.  Your right it does feel like appointments are too long in between.  Fingers crossed they find her suitable for some sort of treatment that will give us hope - the 2-3 week wait will be unbearable x