mum wants to go now

My Mum is broken. After telling my brother and I, it's been harder for her to keep pretending anymore. She talked to me tonight, and she told me she wants to go now. After what's happened to her, she doesn't want to live anymore. She wishes a miracle could happen, or that she'd never gotten cancer. She wants to be here for my first boyfriend, for when I graduate, for when I get married. She told me all that. But she said she couldn't go back. She doesn't want to go through chemo, she doesn't want to lie in the hospital, waiting, dying. She says she is waiting to die, and she doesn't want to do that anymore.

Imagine just living so that you can die, knowing that there is nothing that you can do and there's only a matter of horrible, horrible months left. It's hell. Mum said that she wishes she could just fall asleep and not wake up. She says waking up in the morning is like waking up into a nightmare.

My mum wants Dad to take her to Switzerland so she can put herself to rest.

I hate it. I hate cancer. This world is so cruel.

I understand my mum when she says she wants to go now. I can't imagine her world right now. She's in an awful place, and she has been since the end of last year.

I just wish I'd appreciated my Mum earlier. It's so unfair. This world is evil sometimes. To experience cancer like this, with someone I love so, so much has been awful. My mum said she wouldn't wish cancer on her biggest enemy. With what my mum's going through, I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

I'm scared, but worst of all my Mum is scared and I wish things weren't like what they are. I posted a few days ago on here, and it's nice to see people who care and who understand, even if only slightly. No one should have to go through cancer. Websites like this shouldn't even exist because cancer shouldn't exist, but the world is cruel.

 

  • Jess,

    I'm so sorry to hear that things have got to this stage. It is very difficult knowing what to say, especially as you don't seem to know exactly which cancer your Mum has nor what she has been told by her doctors about how long she has to live, what treatment options are available and what effect these might have on her prospects.

    She is obviously in a very dark place, I just hope that she and your Dad are getting the support they need from your family GP and others to help them make informed decisions. We all react differently to bad news. Some of us are driven into a deep depression, others seem determined to make the most of every day they have left. There is no right or wrong way - we are all so different from each other.

    I can't imagine what you and your brother are going through - try to stay strong for each other and your parents. 

     

    Best wishes
    Dave
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  • Dear Jess

    it must be incredibly sad and painful to watch your mum suffering so much with cancer. It is a truly dreadful disease.  I hope you and your family find the strength to comfort your mum and show her that you live her as she struggles with her disease. Please make sure you look after yourself and get plenty of support from her health professionals.  

    I wish I could give you a big hug

    Inula xxx

  • Hi Jess

    This is a very hard journey that you, your brother, your Dad but especially your Mum are having to deal with just now and I wish I had to the right words to comfort you and make it right. Sadly many of us here understand what your family is going through and wish we didn't. There are so many cancers and so many different treatments/outcomes and there is no right or wrong way to think and feel at these times. I hope together you can find the strength from within to comfort each other and remember that your Mum will always appreciate your love and that it's the illness that is making her sad.  One of the hardest things I faced during my husband's cancer was that I was not in control and could  not make him better but you can still love your Mum and hold her hand. Sending a virtual hug. Jules x