Hi Jennie,

First of all, thanks for sharing your story with us.

I am a grandad who a few years ago was diagnosed with prostate cancer. My grandaughter was only about ten/eleven at the time so her parents just told her I wasnt well and was having treatment at the hospital (I had 37 radiotherapy treatments). We were very close and still are and I know she was quite worried. But luckily with great treatment and service fron the wonderful NHS staff, I have made a very good recovery.

I suspect In his own way your grandad is trying to proctect you but I can see that isnt stopping you worrying about him. All I can say to you is, cancer patients still like to retain a certain amount of normality in their lives and not let cancer overpower everything. So try and treat him as you normally do but make some nice memories with him at the same time. For those happy memories will halp later on in your life trust me I know as I have lost my mother to breast cancer and my father who lived in Canada to prostate cancer. So now when I fell low and miss them, I call up some of those memories I have stored and it really does help.

Please let us know how your getting on when you have time as it does help to talk, rather than bottling up those pent up emotions. I wish you and your grandad all the best and am sending kind thoughts your way, Brian