How did people feel after been given a timescale?

Hi...my mum was given days to weeks to live on 3rd Jan and died on 7th. I wanted to know if there was anyone here who has been given a timescale and what their thoughts were about it!? I didn't get to talk to mum about how she felt about being told this. I've got it in my head she would have been so sad about leaving me and my brother and her grandson (mum was 49) x

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  • Hi Marie, Sorry for your lost, i hope you and your family are alright. Base on what i understand, people who were given terminal diagnosis will react differently depending on their current circumstances. For example, if the bad news came unexpected, a person may feel shock, fear, angry, confuse, depress, listless, or in-denial. Sick people who already knew that death is inevitable may be more calm and accepting and some may even welcome it or desire it if they are suffering from terrible pain, discomfort, or lost of dignity. Im a terminal cancer patient myself and i used to think that i'll regret leaving all those stuff that i enjoy and love if i die... it kinda makes me sad for a while... but then i reached a point on my illness that i felt so sick that i pretty much lose interest on everything and just wanted to take a long deep and peaceful sleep.
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  • Hi Marie, Sorry for your lost, i hope you and your family are alright. Base on what i understand, people who were given terminal diagnosis will react differently depending on their current circumstances. For example, if the bad news came unexpected, a person may feel shock, fear, angry, confuse, depress, listless, or in-denial. Sick people who already knew that death is inevitable may be more calm and accepting and some may even welcome it or desire it if they are suffering from terrible pain, discomfort, or lost of dignity. Im a terminal cancer patient myself and i used to think that i'll regret leaving all those stuff that i enjoy and love if i die... it kinda makes me sad for a while... but then i reached a point on my illness that i felt so sick that i pretty much lose interest on everything and just wanted to take a long deep and peaceful sleep.
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