The realisation of loosing someone so special

my mum passed away in August after secondary breast cancer to the bone and then Ascities.

Mum had Ben deteriorating gradually due to meds not working by this time due to the lack of care further treatment options were not available due to her being so weak.

The last wk especially was so traumatic to witness. I would never in my worst dreams imagine it would end how it did.

The sheer helplessness you feel watching a loved one suffer and deteriorate is horrifying.

i know people say remember the good times but I am really struggling with what I saw to the point of having nightmares.

we were not prepared for any of this. I am an emotional wreck and having flashes of awful images of what happened. xx

  • Hi Marie

    I truly am sorry for the loss of your Mum and the flashes you are experiencing

    I too lost my Mum in March 2018 and the last few weeks were very traumitic and I too suffered from awful dreams, flashbacks which were very distressing. I found that night times were the worst so as silly as it sounds I started to use a night light to give me that little comfort in the darkness and although i still sometimes get the flashbacks they are very few and far between and over the past week I have turned off the night light and so far so good.

    I miss my Mum so very much as she truly was my best friend who I told everything too and going through photos of the good times helps me to replace those last few weeks of bad memories with the so many happy ones x

    Always here if you ever need to chat

    Emma

  • Thanks Emma. 

    My mom was also my best friend and went through so much together and always understood each other.

    we spent so much time attending appointments we never really had any quality time together doing nice things. 

    You get so caught up in things with dealing with what’s happening you don’t have time to think.

    I hope there is something after dying. Somewhere bright, tranquil and surrounded by other loved ones we’ve lost.

    hugs to you x