Caring for my mum with brain Metastasis

Hi all, my mum has been battling liver and colon cancer (also mixed with neuroendocrine) for the last 2 years. She has recently been diagnosed with brain Metastasis and is now currently undergoing a round of WBRT to try and relieve some of the symptoms she is having. I feel sick with worry at the moment and currently trying to juggle my two young children, work and helping my mum and I am struggling to know what to do and how to cope. I am a only child and my mum does not have a partner so I feel very alone. My friends and my husband are doing all they can but it doesn't seem to shift the feeling of loneliness I have. I feel so heartbroken for my mum (we have been told she was cancer free 3 times over the 2 and half years) and also for me and my children as I feel robbed. She isn't the same person at the moment at all. I just wondered if anyone else has been through this? Thanks so much  

  • Hi Gillyweed,

     

    Thank you so much for your message. Sorry for my delayed response. I have been struggling a bit with things recently. Since mums passing I cant seem to get things straight in my mind. It doesnt feel real. I'm not sure if it is just the world at the moment or just that I'm not grieving properly or maybe a mixture of everything. 

    Thank you for reaching out and I'm so sorry to hear about your mum. Such an awful vioe disease isnt it xxx