Confusion

This is the first time I've ever had to consider doing anything like this and just can't seem to comprehend what is happening.

Last month my mother was diagnosed with Pancreatic and liver cancer. Since then it has spread into her bowel aswel. (She was still doing her day to day jobs and driving etc.). However all of a sudden in the space of approximately two days she has gone from that to being in a hospital bed and being told she has only a couple of days max.  
 

I suppose what I'm asking is if anyone has any regrets about the passing of a loved one in the last few days/hours/minutes?  
 

I am 19yrs old and can't help but feel guilty every single time I leave her side.  At the moment she is unaware if we are even in the room and can't feel us or speak to us.  She is simply laying there groaning in pain and just about breathing.  It's heart breaking.

 

Any words of wisdom would be so greatly appreciated.

  • I'm so sorry to hear of the situation with your mum. 

    The experts believe that people can still hear even when they can no longer speak or respond in any way, so tell her you are there, tell her you love her and anything else you want to say to her, while there is still time.  And don't say anything in her presence that you would not want her to hear.

    It is heart breaking, and it is also natural to feel guilty although I am sure you have no need to.

    I hope she can be kept as comfortable as possible.

    I lost my partner to secondary liver cancer last June and at the time I was so shocked at his very rapid deterioration, but afterwards was grateful that he did not survive to suffer longer.

     

     

  • I'm so sorry to read your post. When my own mum was lying in the hospital bed with just a few days I made a point of telling her how much I loved her ( over and over again) and kept telling her she could let go when she's ready, not to hang on because of me....on the last couple of days she had no idea I was there but I kept talking....

    end of life is heartbreaking, grief is complicated....you have my heart felt condolences ️