Young adults who have a parent with cancer!

Hi all, 

Looking to talk to other young adults whose got a parent with cancer. Sometimes it can be very comforting to speak to others who are going through the same sort of thing and hopefully support one another. 

A little bit about me... I am 27 years old, April 2015 my Dad was diagnosed with stage 4 incurable bowel cancer which has spread to his lungs and liver. They offered him palliative chemotherapy. But unfortunately he's only had a couple of handfuls of chemo since last year. He's currently doing really well though and is due to receive his next lot of CT results in less than 3 weeks time. It's been extremely tough, heartbreaking, a lot of anger too but somehow we are coping as a family. Sometimes it is hard when those around me don't quite understand how it feels and that just because he's OK at the moment it doesn't mean everything's sorted. 

Hope to hear from someone soon who can relate x 

Parents
  • Hi

    just wanted to say that I have just gone through this with my grand children    My son in law was diagnosed at 38 8 years ago with stage 4 colon cancer and just passed away 8 weeks ago  he left behind m daughter and two children age 18 and 15   They were quite young at thebeginning and were told right away that their dad was really sick   They endured man surgeries ,ups and downs but handled his death very well I think children's need to be part of the journey as  they are very resilient . It's better for them to know than to try and figure it out for themselves  the one thing was they never talked about hm dying until toward the end   That little guy will talk when he is ready  b

     

     

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  • Hi

    just wanted to say that I have just gone through this with my grand children    My son in law was diagnosed at 38 8 years ago with stage 4 colon cancer and just passed away 8 weeks ago  he left behind m daughter and two children age 18 and 15   They were quite young at thebeginning and were told right away that their dad was really sick   They endured man surgeries ,ups and downs but handled his death very well I think children's need to be part of the journey as  they are very resilient . It's better for them to know than to try and figure it out for themselves  the one thing was they never talked about hm dying until toward the end   That little guy will talk when he is ready  b

     

     

Children
  • Hello Jane, 

    Thanks for your reply. 

    Sorry to hear about your son in law, your poor daughter and grandchildren he's left behind. How are they coping? It sounds like you have strong grandchildren, I bet he was very proud of them. It's very hard at any age dealing with a sick parent or a loss of a parent. X