Mum and Dad both have cancer. Feel helpless

Got home from working away on Friday and nipped to my Mums for a bru. She told me she feels like she is dying.  I don't think she has long left and I just feel helpless and lost.  Anyone else been through this 

  • So sorry to hear this Chris, I have and still am going through it. My mum was diagnosed with non curative lung cancer metastasised to brain and bones in Jan 2017, she had 1 x chemo session and 5 radiotherapy sessions, lost her mobility day by day and was at home and bed bound by March 2017. My dad was her main caregiver but I gave up work to help my mum and dad so myself, sister and brother were able to spoil my mum and create beautiful memories until we sadly lost her on 30th Nov 2017. Before that in September 2017 we brought my dad do the doctors after coughing up blood and after xrays and ct scan he too was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, after 4 chemo sessions, 2 immunotherapy sessions another blast of chemo his cancer has vastly spread to his brain, stomach, colon, spine, adrenal glands, and other places, after couple of falls, sadly dads mobility has gone the past 3 weeks and is now at home (his wish) in the same downstairs room as my mum was and unable to get out of bed. It’s astonishing how similar both theyre cancer journeys have been all in the space of 2 years. I’m still not working since dad was diagnosed and his main caregiver but shuffling 24 hr care between three of us while my sibling both work and my sister and I have our own families to see to I tell you it’s the hardest thing to ever come to terms with ... I still feel it’s all a horrid dream and I will one day wake up and still not grieved for my mum, this Christmas and ones here after are going to be a sad time for many years to come for us all. So all I will say is what you have probably heard a lot already, enjoy the time u still have and create as many happy memories possible. Take care x