I'm 27 and I'm very close to my Dad. He was diagnosed with stage 4 terminal lung cancer with brain mets at the beginning of September this year. It came as a massive shock. Two days before we were drinking together and dancing and then two days later, out of the blue he had a seizure which led to his diagnosis. I was shocked and devastated. I got a 2 week sick note off my doctor and then carried on as normal. Things weren't bad until two weeks when my dad got pneumonia and a blood clot on his lung and then suddenly he was a different person... No energy, no appetite, and for the first time he looked really sick. It was so hard to see him like that and I tried to go to work but I kept having panic attacks and I kept sneaking to the toilet to cry. Every time I left to go to work I had a panic attack thinking I was never going to see my Dad again and the thought of not being there when he died was unbearable. Anyway, a few days ago, a doctor came to our house to see my Dad and she said she thinks he only has a few days left, maybe a month at the most. I can't face being in work when he's this ill but I work in retail full time and I feel like I'm letting everyone down over Christmas. But at the same time I want to be there with my Dad all day, everyday. Is it bad if I take a month off? Or should I work part time? What would you do? Thanks for any advice