My beautiful mum 56 has several forms of the awful C word, our family copes by thinking of it as a 'nothing' under instructions from my mum! I am married and no longer live with her and feel like she might be hiding her bad parts from me and I know my dad and brother wouldn't tell me out of respect for her and not wanting to 'hurt/worry' me. My mum is coping amazingly and she is a true inspiration to me. I have joint the forum to hopefully understand a little more about the treatments, side effects and tumours themselves and really to find out if im the only one thinking the way I am.