Hi all,
It's been only some days that my mom has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, but it has felt really fast evolving. She lives in my home country, while I in UK. I'm travelling this weekend there, and I have found a lot of help in the Macmillan booklets, so I'm writing here to also reach to the community.
On asking practical advice, I wanted to ask advice if there are things that helped caring that I could bring as gift from here, as in my home country is harder to access some comfort goods and technology. For now I have in my list heated blanket, heating pad, wearable device to monitor health (Apple Watch? any advice?). If there are anything that helped after surgery for symptoms monitoring/managing that you recommend I could bring, grateful to know.
I've been reading the booklets, but also if there are any books/other resources for carers you advice, please let me know.
I also wanted to reach out to other carers of aging parents in this position of living abroad. So far my work has been really supportive of me taking time off and working remotely, and I'm seeking counselling, but I still feel quite disorientated. Just thought would be good to know other stories of carers far from their loved ones with cancer, and how to manage travelling/distances/time differences/time uncertainty, especially when your home country is really far away (souther hemisphere in my case). Being there is my priority now.
Thanks!
