My mum has passed away and my dad is in palliative care

[Sunsersky]

Hi all,

My parents were both diagnosed with terminal cancer, we lost mum a month ago and now dad is back in palliative care.

im struggling so much with the loss of my beautiful mum and also having to revisit the hospital/ward she passed away on every day to see dad, as well as dads drastic decline in the last few months.

im not sure what I’m wanting from this, maybe hope that I can make it through and support to keep being strong. Every day is a struggle and I haven’t had time to process what has happened with mum in between caring for dad.

[romantic_thi3f]

Hi Sunsersky,

I just wanted to welcome you to the forums and thank you for being here and deciding to post. I am so sorry that you have to go through this and it sounds so painful. My heart breaks thinking about what you've not only gone through with your mum but what you're currently going through with your dad too.

I do believe that you are strong enough to make it through this, even if I don't know you personally. I think that life is really unfair and it throws us curveballs but I also think that we don't realise how strong we can be until we are thrown in deep water.

With my own grief I was 100% convinced I would never survive it, but I did, even though it was really hard.

I hope that you can find some support from these forums and a constant reminder of your strength. I encourage you to keep reaching out, and maybe even consider a therapist - there's often grief counsellors at hospitals too which might be worth considering.

rt