How do I digest this?

Hello, I'm not sure what to write here as my head is just a total mess.

My dear mum was diagnosed with stage 4 Glioblastoma Multiforme yesterday. We was told it was inoperable and at best radiotherapy would give her a few months at best, without she has 3-6 months.

4 weeks ago my 74 year old mum who has ALWAYS lived a good, healthy, honest Christian life was doing things like cycling across Oxfordshire for charity and sponsored walks. She has never smoked, doesn't drink, would help anyone who needs it without battering an eyelid and as I mentioned was ridiculously active (nobody she met ever believed she was in her 70s)

Today she is a shell of her former self, she has got old all of a sudden yet she is still my mum as I know and love her.

How do I digest (as I look at her laughing, singing, breathing etc) accept that in a few months she will no longer be here?

My heart is truly broken, my world been turned upside down and I simply cannot handle the pain I am feeling.

We have no history of cancer at all, she is the first in our bloodline and it's just so unfair!

I have a lot to face over the coming week with palliative care being put in place, I will be her primary carer as I need to be aswell as want to be however I have no clue what the next few months will bring. Will she suffer, will she be in pain, as she has refused treatment will all her care be from home (as in the nurses will tend to her while she's in her own bed) or is a hospital inevitable.

I have so many questions but don't know where to start.

This isnt fare

  • Hello Mel_S,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat and I'm sorry to hear about your mum's diagnosis.

    It's natural for you to feel this way, but there is help and advice out there. You can find information on coping and being there for loved ones here. The palliative care team are also there to support you, so please don't be afraid to go to them with your questions and concerns. This will hopefully help you process things. If you'd like to speak to someone, we have a team of cancer nurses available on the freephone 0808 800 4040. Lines are open Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.

    I hope this helps and all the best to you,

    Moderator Anastasia

  • Hi Mel,

    I am so sorry too read your post, unfortunately my dad passed away from the same illness in September aged 62, like your mum was healthy non smoker or drinker . I remember feeling as you do when he was diagnosed. I have sent you a friend request. Here if you needed someone who has been through it. 
     

    much love Sarah 

  • I am so sorry to hear about your mum.

    I found out yesterday about my dad.

    I feel your pain, it feels like someone has ripped my heart out. 

    Much Love to you