dear janna i am still coming to terms of losing my mother last december to ovarian cancer she was seventy four, four years ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer but luckly they got the lump out before it had spread, so i thought everything would be alright from then, but sadly cancer comes back after time and they it seems they is no stopping it, i read so my stories on here from people much younger age then my mum and then i feel guilty because my mum has lived much longer then others, we did not know mum had ovarian cancer till it was too late , its known as a silent diease and you do not get any symptoms untill it has reached a advanced stage, i know they still have not found a early detection test for it yet, which is quite worrying, end of the day we still have to watch the  advert which says one day we will beat cancer soon, but it seems to be dragging on for years with no results. take care oggi

dear janna i am still coming to terms of losing my mother last december to ovarian cancer she was seventy four, four years ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer but luckly they got the lump out before it had spread, so i thought everything would be alright from then, but sadly cancer comes back after time and they it seems they is no stopping it, i read so my stories on here from people much younger age then my mum and then i feel guilty because my mum has lived much longer then others, we did not know mum had ovarian cancer till it was too late , its known as a silent diease and you do not get any symptoms untill it has reached a advanced stage, i know they still have not found a early detection test for it yet, which is quite worrying, end of the day we still have to watch the  advert which says one day we will beat cancer soon, but it seems to be dragging on for years with no results. take care oggi

Thank you for all your replies.

Sadly Mum passed away on 14th July last month. It's strange - even though we were expecting it, it was such a shock when she actually went. My poor mum, it is heartbreaking. 

Just as the shock is being to wear ever so slightly, the feeling of loss is becoming unbearable. I have cried everyday lately. It's been awful.​

Hi Janna,

We are so sorry to hear your mum has passed away. Our sincere condolences to you and all your family. 

Don't hesitate to keep coming to this forum anytime you feel tearful or anytime you want to talk to others who have also lost a loved one.

Warmest wishes,

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

dear janna sorry about your mum its hard to take when your mum gets diagnosed and get told you have not got long, i remember we was all in the room last december and after the oncolegist explained to my mum what they found on the scan mum knew it was cancer and asked how long i have got, he told her he did not know , so we thought mum would get treatment but atfer they drained four bags of horrible blown fluid from her and sent for testing it come back that the bags contained cancer cells and then a few days later he told my sister who was there that we were looking at weeks, but mum died three days later, it turned out the cancer had already spread up to her neck, its so hard when you take mum in to hospital not knowing she would last  only three weeks, but ovarian cancer is a silent diease and its too late to do anything when you do not get any symptoms till late stages, i have been on this forum for a good few months and i feel for every one with there loses, so far my mum has been the oldest by a good margin, compaired to others, but the dam cancer can strike at any age which seems unfair, eight months on i find i have good days and bad days, but i can understand how you are feeling because it has not been long, all i can say take each day at a time and just think of the happy memories we have spent with our mums and the do not have to suffer any more. take care  oggi