This is so difficult

 

Hi, I'm feeling very low today, getting very teary and realising that this nightmare is reality. Today I keep wondering how I am going to cope without my dad. I can't bare to think about the future. Life has been turned upside down after dads terminal cancer diagnosis.  It feels as though everyone else is carrying on as normal and that things are normal now that it has been a few weeks since diagnosis and that no one cares. I don't know why I m thinking like this. I'm getting upset at small things done by thoughtless meme era of the family. Dad has no energy, and it's so difficult to see him how he is. I am trying to be with him as much as possible.  He is currently undergoing chemo.  It's is absolutely heartbreaking. I feel so helpless, I wish there was something could do to take away what he is going  through.  Today he seemed so down....

 

 

 

 

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  • Hi

    There is  nothing harder that watching a loved member of the family trying to cope with what cancer and treatment brings.  Both me and our adult children felt pretty helpless when their Dad, my husband, was diagnosed as terminal. The chemo (to try and improve his quality of life) often made him down and then he would bounce back for a few days.  It was like being on a rollercoaster of emotions  and the frustration of not being able to help him were hard.  That was when I found the forum  and whilst nothing could change what was happening, the support I received from others here helped me cope virtually day to day and then in turn I could support our children/grandchildren.  My husband's main wish was for us to carry on as normally as possible because he felt able to cope better if we were 'getting on' with day to day life.

    Having teary/emotional times is absolutely natural given the circumstances and is also a form of natural release. My kids and I would have a group hug and that helped give us the strength to support the one we loved, taking it day to day. all the very best Jules54

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  • Hi

    There is  nothing harder that watching a loved member of the family trying to cope with what cancer and treatment brings.  Both me and our adult children felt pretty helpless when their Dad, my husband, was diagnosed as terminal. The chemo (to try and improve his quality of life) often made him down and then he would bounce back for a few days.  It was like being on a rollercoaster of emotions  and the frustration of not being able to help him were hard.  That was when I found the forum  and whilst nothing could change what was happening, the support I received from others here helped me cope virtually day to day and then in turn I could support our children/grandchildren.  My husband's main wish was for us to carry on as normally as possible because he felt able to cope better if we were 'getting on' with day to day life.

    Having teary/emotional times is absolutely natural given the circumstances and is also a form of natural release. My kids and I would have a group hug and that helped give us the strength to support the one we loved, taking it day to day. all the very best Jules54

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