Been told my mum is in the End stages. I'm devastated

Hello all, never thought I would be part of this community posting about my mum diagnosis, she was diagnosed in 2020 with colorectal cancer stage IV that has spread to other body parts limph node and liver and has been on treatment for roughly 14months the consultants are now saying that the chemo treatments isn't effective no more as the cancer is aggressive and her liver will soon fail, my mum had also developed a blood clot in the liver she was on injection and had to be taken off as the injection was causing her excessive bleed from her back passage. She also has developed jaundice in her eyes Doctors have given her few days to weeks to live, this is just devastating to see her in this state my mum is only 52 years of age and unfortunately cancer it's slowing her body down. She is a fighter and still believes that she will fight It through. How can you look at such a precious soul and tell her she will soon be no more??. We r keeping to what she believes and taking each day as it comes. Me and my sisters have decided to care for her ourselves in the comfort of her own home. It just devastating that her situation isn't reversible. 

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  • In a very similar situation to you know. Last night the nurse said my mums's in her last few hours but it's now the night after and i am trying to stay by her side as much as I can. 

    That's so nice that you're taking care of your mother in the comfort of your own home. It obviously comes with its own difficulties but the positive is that she will pass in a place that feels familiar and loving. My mother is in a hospice by her own choice and I often wish i could take her to lay in her own bed or on the comfy garden chair so she can gently fall asleep. Hope it works out okay for you. My mother has been hallucinating a lot and i'm constantly scared and full of regrets about not doing enough for her, about not staying at a time when she woke up and hallucinated and needed me. So it's nice that you can be there when she needs your loving hand.

    This is so unbelievably difficult. Makes me question the point of life. The hardest part about waiting like this is that you just know that ultimately the worst part is yet to come. I am with you in thoughts.

    ♥️

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  • In a very similar situation to you know. Last night the nurse said my mums's in her last few hours but it's now the night after and i am trying to stay by her side as much as I can. 

    That's so nice that you're taking care of your mother in the comfort of your own home. It obviously comes with its own difficulties but the positive is that she will pass in a place that feels familiar and loving. My mother is in a hospice by her own choice and I often wish i could take her to lay in her own bed or on the comfy garden chair so she can gently fall asleep. Hope it works out okay for you. My mother has been hallucinating a lot and i'm constantly scared and full of regrets about not doing enough for her, about not staying at a time when she woke up and hallucinated and needed me. So it's nice that you can be there when she needs your loving hand.

    This is so unbelievably difficult. Makes me question the point of life. The hardest part about waiting like this is that you just know that ultimately the worst part is yet to come. I am with you in thoughts.

    ♥️

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