Feeling selfish

My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer on Tuesday. She's taken it really well (we both had a feeling that the results would be as they were.) But I don't want her to be ill,I don't want her to have chemo which is going to make her look ill,I don't want her to need a scan to make sure it can cope with the chemo and that it doesn't get damaged. I know I sound selfish and childish but we've come through so much (we lost my sister after lifelong illness a few years back) and she doesn't deserve this. I DON'T WANT HER TO GO THROUGH IT. And I certainly don't want to have to see her go through it. Will I get over this??? I don't want to feel like this,I'm normally the strong one 

  • You are not thinking straight as this has been a shock for you, of course you don't want your mum to go through all this, but you know that she has to in order to get better, its treatable thats great. I had 2 days notice after routine mammogram, letter tuesday told breast cancer thursday, this thursday the results confirmed it and the worst part was telling my children, parents and friends as i did not want them to be sad,but I will be ok after treatment, look to the future, you will get through this time x