Hi, i’m a young adult looking for some advice after being told my mothers cancer has come back. Things are very different this time round and i feel like i have mentally been affected more the second time. I’m sure alot of you can relate but i feel as though it’s eating me alive, the constant fear, constant worry ive not done enough, constant need to do more incase she won’t be here to see the events in my life most people need there mum for: childbirth,marriage,job opportunities, starting/finishing uni, etc.

She is in palliative chemotherapy and has been told that there will most likely be nothing that can be done if that fails. I just genuinely don’t know how to put into words how much of a horrible experience this is and is for anyone going through similar situations. I feel as though no one around me can relate or understand what i’m going through without having been through something similar. It affecting me in ways i’ve never felt before and i can feel myself being consumed by the fear of it all.