Missing my mum

My mum passed away in may. She was ill for a few weeks and finally after the doctors listened she got tests done and was told she has cancer but wasn't given any support or a treatment plan 10 days later she passed away in hospital. I had been on holiday as she said I had to go (felt so guilty for going) and got a call to say I had to come back as had been told she had a couple of days to live. I will never forget the smile on her face when I turned up at hospital at 2am because I wanted to see her straight away this was on a Thursday and she passed away on the Sunday. I have never felt so empty in all my life. I'm 31 have a older brother and dad but everything was left for me to do  I had to tell my nan her daughter had passed away I had to sign her death certificate I had to organise the whole funeral and not once did I get help from them. If it wasn't for my finacee I don't know what I would of done. It would of been her birthday on the 19th November and Christmas was always our thing we went all out I just feel like now it's hit me that she is gone and I'm scared to let the grief come out as I don't know if I would come back out of it. I work in a GP surgery so work is a struggle I just don't know where to turn. Sorry for the rant 

 

  • Hi there ...

    So so sorry your going through this heartbraking time at the moment,  loosing a parent is in my opinion the second hardest thing we go through... second only to loosing a child ...

    I think your dad and bro should hang their heads in shame... that was really crule, and I'm sure I'd have had a lot to say about that if I was you, bless ya ..

    Holding feelings in, helps no one ... it's like putting every feeling into a space in your memory , and thinking it's o.k .. but there comes a day, when you open it up, and it's full, and everything comes bursting out, and then it's overwhelming... the one thing I've learned now, is feel whatever you need to .. cry / scream and rant at cancer ... yea it's really hard facing those feelings , but dealing with them, as they come on, let's a bit of pressure off .. writing your mum a letter can help , I did and left it at her tree .. .. 

    And please stop your dad and bro, using you .. you need to tell them your hurting too .. I'm so glad you have a support from your finance... sending you a vertual hug... Chrissie x

  • Hi there 

    I just had to reply to your message because I cannot believe how similar are situations are.

    I lost my lovely mum in June. We were told she only had days left on the Sunday and we were due to go on holiday on the Friday. Mum told me she wanted me to go on our holiday and she wanted the kids to enjoy it. Those were her last words. She passed away on the Monday. I am absolutely convinced she did this so her grandchildren could go on their holiday. She knew I wouldn't have gone if she was still with us. It was the worst holiday I ever had!

    I have a brother and mum has a partner but I too had everything to do, sort the death certificate, plan the funeral, everything. I also had to tell my grandma that her daughter had passed away. I've been left to sort mums belongings on my own too.

    Me and mum love Christmas too and we always did the planning and shopping together. I just don't want to do it without my mum at all. I feel nothing anymore. I've decided I will never be the same person again.

    I'm sorry I can't make you feel any better...