Hard yards today - terminal cancer and treatment no longer working. I'm usually upbeat but recently I've been feeling so sad and scared about what's to come

I’m terminal stage 4 bowel, gone to my stomach and pancreas first diagnosed feb24. Immuno, chemo, all not working now and have had a couple of months break to work out best palliative options. I’m usually upbeat trying to make the best of what time I have with my family but recently I’ve just felt so ill, and I feel so hopeless and sad. I feel frightened to die and am dreading what is to come - it really is hitting hard that I might not get to see Christmas.

  • Hello Peony54,

    its hard to find the words of reassurrance that l could offer to you. Its a horrid place you find yourself with no obvious route of escape. Coping with the daily pressure that comes from that is a skill that takes so much from one to master, so its little wonder there are times where you fall short of maintaining control of keeping all those positive balls up in the air.

    l have a limited understanding of where you are coming from having gone through a struggle with a stage 4 bowel cancer with spread to the liver. Sadly, as l know you would expect l cannot provide any answers, just the knowledge that your post over your feelings has not gone unheard or unresponded to. Its such a little thing to know in the big scheme of things, but l hope in some small way it is of help and comfort to you.

    Hopefully you are able to find the gentler of paths to travel along that comes with a few layby's to pull into and take a rest before setting out once more,

    David

  • Thank you so much for your kind words David they mean a lot. To know I am not alone in this gives great comfort.