Hi all.
I'm currently experiencing what I now know is called anticipatory grief, having just been told my dad only has weeks left. His diagnosis and deterioration have been so recent and rapid that it's been hard to process, and particularly because he's been in hospital for almost the entirety of the last four months so I haven't even been able to see him. He doesn't have a phone so we haven't spoken to him in weeks.
Mum's diagnosis of stage four lung cancer came before my dad was first hospitalised so I was already processing that, and I'm just feeling like there's no room left in my head to look after myself, support mum and deal with knowing it's unlikely that I'm ever going to see my dad again.
I was thinking about trying grief counselling but I don't know what to look for in a counsellor or whether anticipatory grief is something they're likely to have experience with? I haven't been able to break down and let it all out yet as I've been with my mum or my kids since the news.
Does anyone have any advice or strategies to help me through? thank you
