My 27 year old son was diagnosed with incurable brain cancer just over a 18 months ago. He has endured surgery, radiotherapy and 8 cycles of chemo. We are so proud of the way he has coped and his positive outlook as he is fully aware that his life will end far earlier than it should. My son has always been very active and led a full life but all that has changed. He's moved back home with us and lost all his independence including being able to drive. The location of his tumour has caused personality changes. Some days his behaviour is just vile. He's cruel, aggressive and just impossible to live with. He has treated his younger sister so badly something he would never ever have done before. We have no respect from him and we look at him wondering where our lovely son has gone. I feel terrible saying all this. His dad and I know how frightened he must be dealing with this massive life change and what he has to face but it's so hard trying to keep the balance within the home. Our neighbours have complained about his outbursts and shouting. He has been offered so many options for counselling but he won't take it saying this is what he is now and we just have to deal with it. Hi 18 year old sister is becoming a shadow of her former self and we are all struggling with it all. He also suffers seizures so I've had to take a long term break from work. Every part of me hopes he will live for so many years to come but part of me wonders how we will all cope with this. We miss our family before and we miss our son. I feel so bad for feeling this way. I am fully aware this is not about us but life is just so hard. I've spoken to the medical team who say that behaviour changes like this are common. I just feel at a loss.
