My mum died of lung cancer

My mum died of lung cancer in October of this year, I miss her so much it hurts although I feel the worst is still yet to come. I cry for my mum and the pain feels unbearable at times, I think about her every minute and I think of the look on her face when she died in which she looked so scared and vulnerable and it haunts me.  I wasn't there when she died but a few hours after and I spent a short time with her but I wish I could get her face once she'd died out my memory and remember the old mum...but that seems lost.  Please may I ask anyone if this gets easier, I'm so desperately sad for my mum that she had to go through what she did and I wish I could have taken away her pain. When she first died I have to admit I was actually angry that she left me..I didn't want to be an adult orphan, but that seems to have passed, I feel like I don't have any control over what's happened or how i feel so im resigned to these feelings of guilt that she suffered and i couldn't help her and pain that shes not here and i just miss her so much and want her back.

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  • Hi Goofed. How are you doing now? I lost my mum too to lung cancer, so suddenly (only had 6 month with her from diagnosis) and she sadly passed on Christmas day just gone. I had a very low day today, memories - both good and bad - keep flooding in and realising that my mum has truly gone gut punches me everytime. 

    I am only 35, and I did not expect to be burying her yet. I was hoping for many more years :(

  • Condolences, lovely. My partner lost his dad to cancer when my partner was 21. There's never a age to lose a parent but it's particularly unfair when you're younger. My partner struggles at particular anniversaries even now and he's 50. I truly am sorry. I swear a lot about cancer these days. No one seems unaffected. If it's not them then it's someone close to them. It's cruel. Offering you a massive hug x

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  • Condolences, lovely. My partner lost his dad to cancer when my partner was 21. There's never a age to lose a parent but it's particularly unfair when you're younger. My partner struggles at particular anniversaries even now and he's 50. I truly am sorry. I swear a lot about cancer these days. No one seems unaffected. If it's not them then it's someone close to them. It's cruel. Offering you a massive hug x

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