My mum died

March 2025 I received a phone call from my mum that turned my world upside down she told me she had been diagnosed with lung cancer. She kept saying to me that she was going to fight it and I believed her myself and my sisters flew out to America at the beginning of April 2025 to see her by the end of April 2025 she was admitted to the ICU after suffering a pulmonary embolism. She recovered from that but not fully as the months went on. She kept getting infection after infection we later learned that it had spread to her adrenal gland and that it had unfortunately, metastasised she was moved to a rehab facility and was visited by her sister who also lives in America we done regular video calls and phone calls with mum and her sister last video call we done was truly awful myself and my sisters then made the decision that we would fly back out to America. We arrived in America on a Saturday and went straight to see mum we visited her every day but on the Wednesday she lost her battle to cancer and my heart is broken

  • Hey Fin13, 

    I just came across your post and wanted to let you know how truly sorry I am to hear about your mum passing away.

    What you and your family have been through sounds absolutely heart-breaking. I can't begin to imagine how difficult those video calls must have been but I'm so glad you and your sisters were able to fly out and see your mum before she passed. I have no doubt that she would have felt so loved and happy to have you all by her side and I hope you can take some comfort from that at this extremely difficult time.

    So many of our members know just how painful it is to lose a loved one to cancer, so you are not alone Fin13, and I'm sure you will receive some words of support and advice from our community soon.

    In the meantime, be kind to yourself and take all the time you need to grieve and process what has happened, and anytime you need or want to share your thoughts, just remember that we will always be here for you when you're ready to talk.

    Kind regards,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator