Here we go again , Mum has Bowel Cancer !

Well as some may know my Father passed away August 20 th , prior to that Mum had  blood loss over time where she was taken into hospital and had 4 units of blood and 1 unit of Iron transfused the first night , the following day she had a further 2 units of blood . She was very lucky . 
We looked after Dad for the 12 days that Mum was in hospital , then came the bad news that she had Bowel Cancer and required a 25 % bowel removal - this was done last Tuesday and this evening I witnessed Mum in discomfort which has distressed me as It has taken my mind back to when Dad was ill in August , not nice at all . 

Ive come home but I feel guilty that I can't be with her tonight  to hold her hand , I hope she has a good night as she said last night wasn't so good for her due to the discomfort and lack of sleep - she's 80 yrs old .

I can't go through this again , I can't witness what I went through with Dad once more but this time with Mum. 
 

Our next hurdle will be getting the correct help when she gets discharged in a few days , we actually had to approch the hospital rather than them asking us , thank god I did as they say it will take a week to organise . If there's no help in place I'm going to say she can't go home as I can't cope . Has anyone had experience with telling the hospital " No " 

  • Hi

    I'm so sorry you have had all this to go through this year.

    I've had this bowel surgery twice in 5 years but I was 49 & 53 when I had mine. It was very painful for the first week but the strong drugs got me through. 

    Maybe MacMillan can help you.

  • Hi , thanks for the info - Mum has a Macmillan buddy who visits once a week for a few hours to chat , they've struck up a great friendship so I think I'll call her and ask - our plan was to get the district nurse involved via the hospital initiating the contact and then ask for Marie curie to help in the evening . Well that's how we see it . Hopefully it all comes together before we hit a crisis at home when Mum gets discharged , it's more stress and anxiety as I've asked every day since Tuesday and again tonight the hospital couldn't give me any info , I'm bighting my tongue at the mow as no one seems to know what's happening since the request went in on Wednesday . Individually the hospital staff have been fantastic but administrative it lacks communication between us and outside teams .