Family member diagnosed with advanced stage cancer

Hello

As my uncle has been diagnosed, I dont know what to do or how to feel emotionally. medically i know that he is in the best place possoble surrounded by great people. I honestly am at a place where Im so numb. Is this normal?

  • I don't know hw I feel myself at the moment. My beloved mum has been told on Thursday that far from being cancer free as she was after her major surgery in July, the cancer has actually spread fast and aggressively, and is untreatable. She's having steroids to minimise inflammation and make her feel a bit better energy-wise. Emotionally I'd have said we are very close but she feels very distant over the last few days, like she's already starting to pull away from us. I feel shocked, empty, distraught, crazed, vacant....I'm struggling to parent my baby because it seems less important than mum having to leave us.