Hope springs eternal

The old adage that life can change in a heartbeat finally came to my farther late in December 2020 turning up for what he thought was a normal appointment and coming out with a 2/3 month terminal prognosis after hitting the web and contacting anyone and everyone who might have a insight into his condition the realisation dawned on me that really there is no way back. Me and my farther have a very frank way of speaking and I new if he asked me he would spot any stutter in my words so when the question was put to me on how things looked he got the whole truth his reply was simple and short someone's got to be the first to comeback so I might aswell be me and I send that line out to all that are deep in the fight hold on with every breath and you never know the doctors are not always right 

Take care stay safe 

Andy 

  • Hi Andy, I'm so sorry to hear of your Dads diagnosis.  We too were hit with the news just before Christmas that mum has a brain  tumour after being investigated for memory loss ( and kinda expecting a dementia diagnosis!) at present it's believed to be benign, however until it's operated on we won't actually know. Scary times indeed.  I hope you have some support and are able to talk to someone close.  My dad in law had terminal lung cancer recently and it was very hard to know how to feel... angry, scared, sad and lost were the initial thoughts.. we did however have great support from a local cancer organisation and talking things through with people who really understood the situation and verbalised all we were feeling very bluntly was helpful and when the time came to say goodbye we were way better prepared for it.  If there is such a thing as being ready, we were.  Best advise we got was enjoy as much time as you can with him, most people look back and say ' I wish ...' so do it, eat cake, visit places you fancy, do daft things together as long as he is able, they make great memories to ease the pain just a teeny bit in the difficult days after.   I say days because we felt we had been able to do as much as was possible and had happy memories too, sounds strange I know.   Enjoy your Dad, stay safe, all the best to you x