So today I took my mum to the hospital to speak about her routine blood test results and it turns out she has early stages of blood cancer. This news has really shocked me and my family, and left us really confused. We have been told she doesn't need any treatment yet and they will wait for it to get worse before starting treatment and my brain is just screaming helloooo this is cancer? I always assumed cancer was something you'd need to treat straight away.
I am honestly terrified to loose my parents and feel like I'm left alone. I have supportive friends and boyfriend but no one on this earth know you like your parents and what happens when they're gone? I don't know much about her cancer, we are lead to believe it's leukaemia and from what I've read on google it sounds like it's chronic... something to do with a high white cell count. I was wondering if anyone has experienced a parent being diagnosed and how to cope, how to support.. or if anyone knows what it's like living with leukaemia and does it mean the worst outcome is definitely coming in the near future?
