I've just found out my mom has cancer...

Hey,

So my mom recently got ill after a trip to NZ and she's not quite been right since then. On Monday het vision was blurry and her words were muddled and we got her to the hospital. They found a 3cm mass inside her right frontal lobe and the CT showed that the adrenal gland and lungs were probably the primary site which has now metastasised. But no full diagnosis as they're waiting on biopsies  (this waiting game is going to give me grey hairs).

 

She doesn't want treatment (she's 67) and I don't really know how to cope.  She is my absolute world and I feel like I'm living but under a veil, everything seems a bit foggy, like it's not me and not my mom... 

How did you cope? 

  • Coping with my mum's cancer so far has been, for me at least, just about putting one foot in front of the other and figuring out what the next logical step is. Every new development at the moment is like a fresh little wound, but I just try to stay strong for her and figure out the next move to make.