Really struggling after the loss of my mum.

Hi, my mum was diagnosed with metastatic cancer, the day after I gave birth to my baby boy (may 2021)She had no symptoms at all. She was 60 years old, didn't drink or smoke. Exercised regularly. Never had any health conditions. She died 8 weeks after diagnosis. (July 2021). I am really really struggling with everything and i don't know where to turn. I have spoke to the GP and they have gave me antidepressants but they don't help. Every single second of every day is consumed by my thoughts of wanting to be with my mum. I have a baby and a 5 year old and a lovely boyfriend but I just don't want to exist without my mum. She was my whole world and it happened so fast, I have no reason to be alive anymore. I don't know what to do. Please give me some advice because I'm struggling to get through each day!

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  • Hi there ...

    So so sorry your going through this heartbraking time at the moment... I was in my 30s when I lost both my amazing parents .... and my mum was my best buddy too .... 

    Be kind to your self first ... you've not long had a baby and your experiencing both the start of life and the end ... so your hormones will be all over the place .... loosing our mum's is, I think the second hardest loss, with only our children's loss greater ... 

    I felt after loosing my mum, she was saying I'm not gone, I'm right here beside you ... and when you think, they live through us ... we are half of them, so just look in the mirror, she's right there.... keep her tucked up in your heart and carry her with you ... she will see through your eyes ...

    I know my mum adored my kids ... so I think your mum would to ... they are part of her too ... I'm sure if she's looking down, she'd say, care for those kids, because one day they will be where you are now ... so make those memories for them to keep .. they will need you now, like you needed your mum to hold your hand ... in loving them, they will learn from you ... they lost a nan, so they need you even more ...

    Over time you learn to live without those we loose, but we never stop missing them ... but 30 years on, we still talk about my mum, and my grown kids still put her picture on their face book ... I think she'd be well proud ... so go on, you can do this, she will watch over you, make her proud ... and one day, you will be together ... but in the mean time, you have a very important job to do... being a mum too ...

    Sending you a vertual hug.... Chrissie x

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  • Hi there ...

    So so sorry your going through this heartbraking time at the moment... I was in my 30s when I lost both my amazing parents .... and my mum was my best buddy too .... 

    Be kind to your self first ... you've not long had a baby and your experiencing both the start of life and the end ... so your hormones will be all over the place .... loosing our mum's is, I think the second hardest loss, with only our children's loss greater ... 

    I felt after loosing my mum, she was saying I'm not gone, I'm right here beside you ... and when you think, they live through us ... we are half of them, so just look in the mirror, she's right there.... keep her tucked up in your heart and carry her with you ... she will see through your eyes ...

    I know my mum adored my kids ... so I think your mum would to ... they are part of her too ... I'm sure if she's looking down, she'd say, care for those kids, because one day they will be where you are now ... so make those memories for them to keep .. they will need you now, like you needed your mum to hold your hand ... in loving them, they will learn from you ... they lost a nan, so they need you even more ...

    Over time you learn to live without those we loose, but we never stop missing them ... but 30 years on, we still talk about my mum, and my grown kids still put her picture on their face book ... I think she'd be well proud ... so go on, you can do this, she will watch over you, make her proud ... and one day, you will be together ... but in the mean time, you have a very important job to do... being a mum too ...

    Sending you a vertual hug.... Chrissie x

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