How do I learn to accept ...

Hello  

im 43  ...  back in June i was in spain on holiday with my mam...  she just wasnt herself...  in the hospital i was told my mam has lymphomas in brain...  alnost 4 weeks in spanish hospital till fit to fly air ambulance to uk hospital.when in sept told 100% aggressive may not survive 1st chemo and with out chemo just a couple weeks to live..  and apart from 3 weeks in aug/sept she has and is still in hospital.   2nd chemo taken badly horrendous infections immune to antibiotics....  today she medical fit to come ... and then retur sunday for 5 days cjemo reduced doses.   so anxious its overriding feelings of happiness that she ut after spending months in a room alone infection control

 

My dad..  recently taken ill and like mam his cancer v rare... cholangiocarcinoma.. bile duct and poss pancreatic still waitibg.    even if dad has chemo it will only exend his life a little bit.   

Both my parents are dying im lost im angry im griefing im numb....  thers bo dummies guide on how to manage and work through feeling...  i dont want to feel this pain i wabt to enjoy the time i and we have with my parents.... how do others live knowing loss is coming....  

  • Hi there ..

    Well bless ya, you've been hit twice at the same time, that's beond crule ...  I was in my 30s when I lost both my parents .. mum to a heart attack and I had no chance to even tell her I was so proud to be her daughter and that I loved her ... 

    You have the chance I didn't.. what I'd have given for one more day,  even one hour ... now I'm the one on my cancer journey .. and I've just lived in the day, every day .. if I wake up and I can look outside I'm well chuffed .. I try to make as many memories for my family, esp my granddaughter... who's only 8 now .. 

    We can sit and cry and wait to loose someone, or we can be thankful for every day we get .. have lots of hugs .. admit your all scared... find out about their lives, bet there's lots you don't know... look through albums .. go for coffee or a walk in the park on good days .. leave nothing unsaid... 

    If you can live in the day, you'll look back and be happy you made their time worth while ... and at the end of the day...no one cancer or not knows if they have tomorrow... 

    Chrissie x