Starting a marathon

Like so many posts I am new to all this. Four years ago by pure chance we found out that my wonderful mum had kidney cancer. The kidney was removed and relatively speaking life continued as before. Then 12  months ago they found a node on the lung... now that' grown to two. And so the marathon has begun....starting with sutent which seems to have knocked her for six and who knows what' next. No one asks for this and I know I need to make the most of now ... we could get a few years which is more than most. But right now I am so angry at this cruel disease, I want to scream its not fair, I want to run away and hide. Why my mum, why us, what happens if the drugs don' t work? How will i live without her? All these questions and emotions spinning around. Tomorrow I will pick myself up but tonight I need to RANT. Thank you!

  • Hello Kelsa.  You rant as much as you want; sadly there is little more than any of us have been able to do when first receiving this kind of news.  When my mum died - quite a few years ago now - I felt the same and still sometimes feel angry about the unfairnessness and randomness of it all.  But don't get ahead of yourself.  How is your mum taking this?  Even though the going is rough now you will have to wait to see how effectiveness her treatment is so don't treat your mum as though she is on the way out.  Take your lead from her and see how things go.    But in the meantime feel free to come and rant, shout, scream here whenever you want.  If you read some of the posts you will see what I mean and realise that you are not alone and can talk with other people who are equally worried sick.  Best wishes.  Annie