losing my sister 3 months after loosing my mum

Hi I just need to try make sense of everything going on in my life at the moment and feel so alone in 2012 my mum was diagnosed with melanoma she fought a good battle and passed away in Dec 2017. In 2015 my sister was diagnosed with a paratoid cancer she had surgery to remove the tumour and second surgery to remove extra lymph nodes.she then proceeded to have 30 days of radiotherapy and chemo was tough however in nov 2016 she started to have a bad cough we were back and forward to the  doctor in jan 2017 she was diagnosed with secondaries in her lungs and in her hip again more chemo and radiotherapy we have plodded quite well however in the last 2 weeks she has become more breathless this has now resulted with her being in hospital due to lung consolidation that we are hoping that is infection but I am so scared of loosing her so soon after my mum the Macmillan nurses came to see her on the ward today and said we would no by the weekend if the antibiotics are working I am so scared that this is going to be the end am not sleeping and am so scared she’s going to die life seems so cruel loosing them both so close I’m praying for a miracle 

I am sorry if I waffled but I am sat at home and feel so alone xx thanks for listening 

  • I have lung cancer and have had 35 treatments of chemo and radiation at same time it also has been very hard one emotionally. I found the more I read about it the better I can handle it. I have 3 kids and a wife and it's very hard for me to talk to family about.Between treatments I have lost 71 pounds and am very fatigued it is very hard on the body. So understanding it all makes it a little easier to deal with. Everything I have read that happens to a person with lung cancer has happened to me so far. My biggest fear is going to sleep at night and wondering if I will wake up. I understand your feeling's and don't be afraid to talk with others I found it much easier to talk with others and not my family. I wish you good luck and hope all works out for your family. If you need to talk I am here and it also helps me dealing with.
  • Thank you so much for your kind words She keeps things very close to her chest and doesn’t really discuss how she’s feeling when the macmillian nurse asked her if she understood what this meant if it wasn’t an infection she said yes and I don’t want to talk about it prior to her going into hospital I spent sleepless nights listening to her gasping for every breath and when she was quite thinking that she has gone this is a little better at the moment but she needs constant oxygen I hate cancer !