After joining the discussion in October of last year and my mum's lung cancer diagnosis, sadly about 2 weeks after my post she passed away. I am grateful that at least they got the Meds right in the end, and she passed without pain, but it was and still is such a hard time, and people assume that once you have the funeral that you should go back to functioning again as though it was nothing, I function most of the time but still feel the loss. Admittedly I don't feel like I'm going through the motions anymore, I just feel like I'm drowning in the emotional hurt of her passing. I know this is normal just wish it easier to deal with. Has anyone got any coping mechanisms that will make these early days easier.