My beautiful mum lost her battle to cancer yesterday

My beautiful mum lost her battle to cancer yesterday morning and I'm heartbroken. She passed away aged 57 just 9 months after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer (triple negative breast cancer). She was so loving, warm and always full of life. She loved walking, running, eating healthy and spending time with family and friends who she showed so much love to. I can't believe that she is gone and I will never be able to hug her and tell her how much I love her again. I'm only 20 and I can't process how much of my life she won't be there for, I just hope she is at peace now and no longer in any pain. I'm not sure how I will be able to cope without her presence because she was truly an amazing mother, wife, daughter and friend and I will miss her forever and never forget how loving she was. If anyone has any advice for dealing with the initial stages of grief it would be really helpful! 
Also, here is a series of blogs that she wrote during her struggle with cancer which may be really useful to anyone struggling with triple negative breast cancer and just for an interesting read! Thank you x

www.nursingtimes.net/.../ 

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  • Hello Lobkevde,

    I'm not sure if you are the same person 'susara' that I replied to yesterday as the circumstances of your lovely Mum are identical, it may be your sibling that wrote the other post but I didn't want you to think I had lost the plot by replying again. I just wanted to say how very very sorry I am that you have lost your precious Mum to such an agressive form of cancer and she was so young too which makes it all the more devastating. I just wish I had words that would help you but I know from experience words can support but not really help the pain. Your Mum and how you describe her reminds me of my own amazing Mum. I read your Mum's blog this morning and cried. What an amazingly brave and selfless woman your Mum was and how much she thought of you all and your father. Your Mum worried about others even when she was suffering herself which is exactly what my Mum did, we were so blessed to have such wonderful Mums. There were so many points in your Mum's blogs that made me stop and think, by writing this blog her words will help others going through similar. What I also found inspiring about your Mum was how despite her own fears and situation she still tried to find positives and keep realistic, she truly sounds such a courageous wonderful woman. I found witnessing my own Mum go through two cancers over 4 years just how brave she was, I already knew she was brave but honestly witnessing everything she went through and all the devastating results that different medical specialists gave her (not always with any compassion) astounded me. I miss her so much I can feel the pain in my heart daily. Its early early days for you and your family, find comfort in supporting each other through this, we are all here for you too.

    Jane

  • Thanks so much for taking the time to respond and thank you so much for taking the time to read through her blogs, she would've loved that so much and it means a lot! She always put us first despite her circumstances and I'll always be grateful for that. Yep susara is my sister and we both decided to make a post on here for advice! You're mum also sounded like such a lovely person and I'm sorry to hear about her passing, witnessing her during every stage of her cancer must have been really hard and I can sympthasie with that after experiencing it too. Once again thank you for reading my mums blogs I know she would've appreciated it and thinking of you and your mum too. Sending you all my love X

  • Thank you for your kind reply. I have thought about your Mum a lot since reading her blog, reading her thoughts at that time and knowing an insight into her life, she certainly was an amazing woman. Thinking about you and your sister I know how blessed I was because although I have lost my Mum, best friend, advisor, travel companion and my world I have been blessed to have had her in my life for 47 years. If I am correct you and your siblings are all in your 20s. I can only imagine how extremely difficult being so young and losing your Mum will be for you all. Please take comfort and support from each other and keep sharing your Mum's amazing life stories and memories. I talk about my Mum a lot, its keeping her alive in some way and I need to do that. I hope you will continue to find support here too. How is your Dad? One thing I keep reminding myself is how much my Mum loved life and was grateful for every day, these thoughts are keeping me going in the fact I know what my Mum would tell me to do now. Mum and I talked about how I would continue without her many times and she said the same thing over and over, that she wanted me to continue to live the best life I could, enjoy life, find happiness and do it for myself and for her. Its so difficult to think of this now but I hold onto the fact just by getting through each day at the moment I am in some way my Mother's daughter, I am stronger than what I thought I would be. Thinking of you all. x
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  • Thank you for your kind reply. I have thought about your Mum a lot since reading her blog, reading her thoughts at that time and knowing an insight into her life, she certainly was an amazing woman. Thinking about you and your sister I know how blessed I was because although I have lost my Mum, best friend, advisor, travel companion and my world I have been blessed to have had her in my life for 47 years. If I am correct you and your siblings are all in your 20s. I can only imagine how extremely difficult being so young and losing your Mum will be for you all. Please take comfort and support from each other and keep sharing your Mum's amazing life stories and memories. I talk about my Mum a lot, its keeping her alive in some way and I need to do that. I hope you will continue to find support here too. How is your Dad? One thing I keep reminding myself is how much my Mum loved life and was grateful for every day, these thoughts are keeping me going in the fact I know what my Mum would tell me to do now. Mum and I talked about how I would continue without her many times and she said the same thing over and over, that she wanted me to continue to live the best life I could, enjoy life, find happiness and do it for myself and for her. Its so difficult to think of this now but I hold onto the fact just by getting through each day at the moment I am in some way my Mother's daughter, I am stronger than what I thought I would be. Thinking of you all. x
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