Dear Judy,

My heart breaks for you as I read your post.   I lost my son 19 Jan 2017 aged 35 years and ten days to bowel cancer with liver mets.   The medical profession are very good at saying its very unusual for somebody of that age to get bowel cancer to exscuse the fact they never pay attention to younger patients and fob them off.  I know how I feel as a mother who has lost her beloved son and can imagine the impact that has had upon you and your family.  I cannot imagine how you must feel be feeling to be diagnosed with cancer yourself and to lose the person who should be supporting you.  I hope that you have family and friends to help you.  I dont know if you have thought about counselling help, Maggies were a great help to my son and my husband still goes weekly, he finds it very helpful.  As the Marlyn has said have you spoken with your cancer care team about how the treatment is making you feel, I believe that they should try to do this.  I can not offer you any useful information but just to let you know there are people on this forum who care about you.

lesliexxx