Mums last moments.

Something I said in mums last moments keeps coming back to haunt me. I can't stop thinking about it.  I'm full of guilt and anxiety. Mum has terrible health anxiety all her life. Dad really was her emotional rock.  She relied on him for everything. And she hated being alone. She was always anxious and scared.  She did die of cancer which was her absolute no1 fear . Of which we only found out about two days before she died.  About an hour before she died. I said to dad "maybe this is the right order of things as she would never have coped with out you" I'm so worried she heard me. And that me saying this would have upset her.  I was just trying to find some comfort in a hideous situation. I loved my mum dearly and held her til her last breaths.   She was 70. So still young. But I didn't mean it was better this way.  I can't tell her I'm sorry or explain what I meant.  
 

I must admit for a very long time I always worried about something happening to dad and her being on her own without him.  
 

I can't believe I said something like that in her final moments that could have hurt her.  I'm hoping she knew I was trying to comfort dad.  

  • Dear Beach45

    I am positive if your mum heard you, she understood. I can say thus with confidence because through my life I have suffered mental health problems including anxiety and my husband is my rock. He now has bile duct cancer with secondary in liver. He is 61 and I am 63.When he was diagnosed, he cried for me because he said he had always thought it would be kinder if I died first because we both know I am going to suffer terribly without him. He was given 6 months in February and they are trying to give him longer with chemo. I will stop rambling on, I just wanted you to know it is OK, please try not to feel guilty, I wasn't upset when Kev said that to me, I knew he was right. Lots of love and hugs so sorry for your loss Christine xxxx 

  • Firstly I'm so so sorry for what you are going through.  It's absolutely hideous. I pray your husband gets a lot more time with you. 
     

     Thank you for your words. You have made cry with relief.  As if a little weight  has been lifted.  I used to suffer with health anxiety it's a very frightening world when you suffer with mental health. And the thought of my mum being alone without it used to worry me so much. I think it used to terrify her. She sometime used to wonder round the shops until dad came home so she wasn't at home alone.  She did have good spells. But when it was bad. It was bad. 
     

    life is cruel at times.  . I really did think it would be too cruel for my mum to be alone.  I hope you are getting support too. 

  • Hi yes, I have some support from Macmillan and palliative nurses. I also have a C. P. N, you will know what that is I think. You need to feel free to grieve now without guilt and try to remember the times when your mum was having good spells. 

    Take care of yourself big hugs Christine xxxx 

  • You were with your mum in her last moments, with your Dad; you held her, till her last breaths. The sum of our love is in such actions, and you were there, loving her. 

    You're bereaved, suffering; all sorts of things go on in our minds as we try to 'make sense' of this. But rational sense doesn't really come into this. Be at peace, your Mum now is, no longer anxious and in pain. You and your Dad look after each other, one day at a time, and keep loving your Mum and speaking to, and of her. 

  • Thank you so much for your kind words. They mean a lot.  I'm going to try and focus rationally on te positives.  It's just hard sometimes. I'm a guilty person by nature always worrying i have offended people. I'm hoping that mum knowing me as she did that I would have only meant it out of kindness and love.