I have recently found out my mum has breast cancer and is going to have a mastectomy and have radiotherapy and possible chemo after.
I work in health care and gave end of life care to a breast cancer patient last year and I found it really challenging, watching the patient suffer and deteriorate. Her passing hit me really hard and all the time I was at the hospital and hospice with her, I prayed it wouldn't be my family one day.
My mums wish is for me to concentrate on keeping myself mentally well but I cant help but worry about her. She's a tall, strong woman and I just can't imagine her vulnerable and sick. I feel pressure to keep it together for my family and for the sake of my mum but inside I am imploding.
I need to keep it together so that I am able to support her, does anyone have any tips on how to keep sane day to day with it and keep the worry at bay?
Grateful in advance.
