Missing my dad more each day and struggling

At the beginning of July I watched my dad pass away after a short battle with cancer. He was young and healthy until February when we got the news he had a rare form of bile duct cancer and that it was terminal. It was the most horrendous time watching him grow weaker and not being able to help. I sleep fine but when my mind isn't busy for even a second I remember that time and when he died and its horrible. I've started missing him more, to begin it was like he was away at work or on holiday, except everyone else was still here. Sometimes I forget and for a second it's as if he's still here but then I remember. It just doesn't feel real. My mum is struggling silently. She's lonely without him and spent the last 5 months looking after him and being with him every day. We don't really talk about it as everyone's dealing with it differently but my mum doesn't even want to see the one or two friends becuase she's taking things day by day. But I don't want her to be lonely and I don't want her to rely on me or my siblings to be there all the time. Is there anyone else that feels like this or can give me advice. 

  • dear charli8 sorry for your loss, i lost my dad at just 47 due to an unexpected heart attack, when i was  19, now i am still coming to terms of losing my  mum of 74 last december to ovarian cancer which we did not know she had, she only lasted three weeks in hospital, they could not offer her any treatment because the cancer had spread too far, she was already in remmision from early stage breast cancer since 2011, but the dam cancer seems to always win its way back, whats  worse about this ovarian cancer, you do not get any symptoms untill it advances by then its too late mum was diagnosed late stage four, and was sick every day and badly detorianted over the three weeks while in hospital, she could not keep any thing down or drink, its horrible having to see your parent suffer like this, but then even though its hard to see them passing, at least you know they do not have to suffer anymore, nine months on since mum passed i still find it hard but i am taking one day at a time, and hope you can pull through too, take care  oggi