You may need time to grieve, which means that you spend some time processing and feeling the loss before healing. Though you'll never get over this completely, remember that happiness is right around the corner. Your father will forever live in your heart. ... View more

Hello, Yes my husband and I are both vaccinated and not in a place with any covid cases atm. We wear a mask if near mum and are being as careful as we can be. Stay safe out there!  ... View more

Sorry for your loss. I felt your love for him while reading your post and I wish I can be affectionate to my brother too. But, its about time to accept that he is no longer with you and as a coping mechanism, try to give yourself time to grief. Its okay to get mad and its okay to cry. ... View more

My Aunt, being a food explorer, really changed a lot with regards to her foods intake. She already prefers food that are easy to digest. I can see here barely eating meats, she's more engaged in fruits and vegetables. ... View more

Hope you are doing good. Thank you for still offering your support. We are also here for you just incase you need someone to lean on. Sending hugs! ... View more

My condolences.  I'm at the start of a similar journey with my husband recently diagnosed with late-stage bowel cancer and caring for two kids. I don't have the experience out the other end yet. But I wanted to say hi and good luck.  I've found the journey so far very difficult. Especially navigating care for my husband, dealing with my own feelings, while looking after and supporting my children through this. I'm starting to learn that there is no right way, it's just muddling through one step at a time. I've also been looking out for people in similar situations, wondering how on earth people get through it.   My hat off to you for getting through the last few years. You've already done more than I could have imagined a few months ago.    ... View more

Hi. I also recently lost my mum, my best friend, my world. Gone at 73. She had been 'unwell' for about 2-3 weeks, put herself to bed. She was a retired nurse, so stubborn to help herself. When her partner finally got her into hospital, she died 9 days later. No one knew she had cancer, not even her. She was already now at stage 4, with no treatment available to her as it was too progressed. We watched her lose her life in 9 days. She deteriorated so rapidly. This was only a couple of months ago. I just can't come to terms with her not being here. I cry all day, every day. How does one live without their mother? We never had time to talk to her about anything important before she passed because she deteriorated so rapidly. I just don't know how to go on. ... View more

Hi Darlene. I’m wondering if your situation has changed for the better as your post was in January and it’s now July. I so hope it has improved and you’ve got the help and support and love that you need. 💕 Linda  ... View more

My father died in our house in '89 when I was 21, and that crushed me; one of my friends died from ovarian cancer in 1988, and things started to fall down on me; I had by then been on antidepressants since 1993, and had come close many times to killing myself. My mother helped me greatly, as did (strangely) watching "Star trek: The Next generation", Anime,  and "Red Dwarf". Come 2005 and my sister in England committed suicide, and my brother recently out of prison used to assault and belittle me and my mother. He has since died from pancreatic cancer, you think it would be a relief, but I am sadly empty. For the last half decade I am my sole carer for my mother now that she has Parkinsons' disease, and I am mostly run off my feet trying to hold down a job and care for her as well.  And of course, they just confirmed that I have CLL... But I still have a purpose, and that is to look after my mother as long as she lives, as she took care of me in my darkest depression.   Find something outside yourself to strive for and  look forward to, even if it is to just live for others; this is what keeps me going.  ... View more

Oh, how was your brother  now? Losing 48kgs is no joke. Are these large squamous cell cancers? If yes, he really needs to undergo radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and or chemotherapy. ... View more