Lost my dad 22/1/23

I am broken... Thankfully i have brothers and sisters to lean on, but i really need my dad... My dad was diagnosed with nasalphaynx cancer just before new year after being rushed to hospital early hours of xmas day with a nose bleed. We visited every single day, bought him anything he needed. And Spent all visiting hours with him. He loved us all so dearly. His wish was to be brought home so if he did pass, he would pass in his home as he was terrified of dying alone. We managed this.. every day since xmas day when he got put in hospital i have cried.. every memory, every photo every smell i cry... But 2 days ago i woke up and I cant cry anymore. I don't feel the same heartache when i see his photos. I still feel pain but not the gut wrenching struggling to breathe or see through the tears pain. Like i did before. I am struggling to remember my dad, his voice mainly.. and I don't know why my mindset literally changed over night i want to cry i can feel it but for whatever reason i just cant. I am so scared i am forgetting him already and we havent even had his funeral yet. I have a thousand thoughts through my head at once i feel guilt, pain, shame, anger , sad all at. Once what's wrong with me why cant i cry anymore why am i forgetting already ️

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  • Hi

    lm so sorry for the loss of your Dad,l lost my wonderful husband four months ago to a diagnosis of 24 days he had no symptoms just one he was off his food for two to three weeks the cancer they found shows no symptoms till it's stage 4 when it's onset is so quick you just think they never even got the chance to fight it.Grief is such a hard road and it takes time to come to terms with everything it brings with it know that l am thinking of you and l shall hold you in my thoughts life is a funny one it never prepares us for goodbyes.

  • I'm so sorry for your loss. 

    This sounds like my beloved Dad. He was off his food for 2-3 weeks and the doctors said he had heartburn. 23 days after receving a cancer diagnosis, he passed. 

    I feel so many emotions. Anger that he left so quickly and we didnt get one last holiday, upset at how fast he declined, confusion as to how it could happen so fast....the list is endless 

    You're right- grief is a hard road. A friend told me its the price we pay for love and my level of grief shows me just how amazing my Dad was x

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    yes it sounds similar I do you mind if l ask you what your dad diagnosis was as my husband was signet cell gastric cancerl have not came across anyone that has had it and it takes a person very quick when it is diagnosed my husband was stage 4 at diagnosis.Your so right it's the speed it takes your loved one in is very hard to grasp.Thinking of you l think you and l are coming from the same place.x

  • He was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer but it had spread to his liver and they also think stomach. They were shocked that he was a non smoker and non drinker because of how aggressive it was. We were also told it didn't present itself until it was 80% covering his oesophagus which is why he had no real symptoms. By the time of diagnosis it was too late and he didn't even get palliative chemo as it had literally griped hold of him xx 

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  • He was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer but it had spread to his liver and they also think stomach. They were shocked that he was a non smoker and non drinker because of how aggressive it was. We were also told it didn't present itself until it was 80% covering his oesophagus which is why he had no real symptoms. By the time of diagnosis it was too late and he didn't even get palliative chemo as it had literally griped hold of him xx 

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