Feeling overwhelmed after my Dads funeral

I had my Dads funeral on Friday - almost a month after he passed away from Pancreatic Cancer and I'm not really sure what to do. If you'd said to me a year ago that my Dad wouldn't be here now I would never have believed you. He seemed fit and healthy and was only 69 then - but the last year has been horrendous with ups and downs of hope after his successful operation and then downs after two awful reactions to chemo. We thought he was cancer free and then everything just started to go wrong and on New Years Eve I got a call from the Dr to say there was nothing more they could do. Heartbroken doesn't even cover it. Dad came home on the 6th January and I looked after him right to the end with family. I was there at the end holding his hand and I'd had the time to say everything I wanted to - but no amount of time would have been enough. I'm 37 and lost my Mum 11 years ago. Dad was absolutely everything to me and I feel so lost without him. I thought the funeral might make me feel a little more at peace with it, but I feel so much worse - like it's over and I'm supposed to carry on. I've got 2 sons 5 and under so I'm busy but I just feel so overwhelmed with everything 

Parents
  • I'm sorry for your loss and your dad must be horrible it's a cancer again cancer sucks cancer take my wife she is 39-year-old and a two-year-old boy she died the 22nd of December last year it's after the funeral I found hard but you say the children they keep you busy for me I kind of feel like I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do now anyway I'm here if you want to talk

  • Hi Chris, thank you so much for your reply - I'm so so sorry for your loss. It's so hard and I can't even imagine the pain your in losing your wife. 
    I completely get the -  I idea what I should do now feeling - I really have no idea. I can't carry on with normal life as normal life isn't here anymore. It's so hard isn't it. 
    I hope you have friends and family to support you too

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  • Hi Chris, thank you so much for your reply - I'm so so sorry for your loss. It's so hard and I can't even imagine the pain your in losing your wife. 
    I completely get the -  I idea what I should do now feeling - I really have no idea. I can't carry on with normal life as normal life isn't here anymore. It's so hard isn't it. 
    I hope you have friends and family to support you too

Children
  • Hello thanks for your post yes I've got friends and family with me most of the time like being by myself with the boys walking in the woods All the things are used to do with mummy I completely understand what you're saying about normal life my normal is over now and that's a sad cancer ruined my life and my children and took my wife! Hope the funeral goes as well as it can do

  • Thanks Chris. 
    It's great you've got them there when you need them, but also get that you'd want to be on your own with your boys. I hope it starts to feel a bit lighter over time. I guess it's just one day at a time - such a cliche but one day feels about all I can do at the moment. Looking forward into the future is just too much - so just one step forward at a time