In the past few years my grandad's memory has been getting worse due to old age. He is eighty so my family didn't think anything was wrong, but a month or so ago he became confused past the ordinary. We took him to the doctors and A&E and, after a few weeks, the specialists were about 98% sure that he had stage IV glioblastoma, which apparently is one of the worst brain cancers.
My grandad decided not to have a biopsy and chose not to undergo any treatment, and so, according to all the research I can find, he probably won't live another year. I have never had another close relative die before and so I am so scared by the possibility of him getting worse and worse and then... not being, I suppose. I really wanted him to see me graduate, but since I'm only in my first year of my degree, that's not really very possible anymore.
I wish I had the ability to do something to help him but I'm currently living two years away, and even if I was closer I still don't know if I could do anything at all to make any of this better.
