Hi and welcome to the forum where I see you have already had some supportive replies. This is a really personal journey for you, your Dad and family.  When my husband was diagnosed our grandson was three and we just told him granddad was poorly ( and explained he could no longer jump on him!).  Throughout the three years following diagnosis (was terminal but without a definite timeline) we basically just told him what we felt was enough to give him some understanding but when he asked specific questions we were honest with our answers. As there are many people who also survive cancer we only ever referred to it as a nasty illness as did not want him thinking that everyone would die.  He coped pretty well we encouraged him to talk about his feelings.  Of course there were times when tears came along and I was not afraid to show him how I felt too.  He was six when we lost his grandad, now nearly two years ago and I am so grateful that we were open with him (his little brother was only 1 at the time of loss) as he finds it completely natural to talk about his memories and  loves looking back at the photos.  He also spent the whole day here with us the day my husband passed away though had gone home to bed when it occured so it was a hard breakfast conversation that my daughter and son in law had to have next day.  They also kept his school well informed so that when he became upset there was good support for him.

I hope you will find the forum a good source of support. I find it just helped to get things off my chest. Take care  Jules54

Hi and welcome to the forum where I see you have already had some supportive replies. This is a really personal journey for you, your Dad and family.  When my husband was diagnosed our grandson was three and we just told him granddad was poorly ( and explained he could no longer jump on him!).  Throughout the three years following diagnosis (was terminal but without a definite timeline) we basically just told him what we felt was enough to give him some understanding but when he asked specific questions we were honest with our answers. As there are many people who also survive cancer we only ever referred to it as a nasty illness as did not want him thinking that everyone would die.  He coped pretty well we encouraged him to talk about his feelings.  Of course there were times when tears came along and I was not afraid to show him how I felt too.  He was six when we lost his grandad, now nearly two years ago and I am so grateful that we were open with him (his little brother was only 1 at the time of loss) as he finds it completely natural to talk about his memories and  loves looking back at the photos.  He also spent the whole day here with us the day my husband passed away though had gone home to bed when it occured so it was a hard breakfast conversation that my daughter and son in law had to have next day.  They also kept his school well informed so that when he became upset there was good support for him.

I hope you will find the forum a good source of support. I find it just helped to get things off my chest. Take care  Jules54