Yesterday we were told my Mum 1-2 years left to live. She has a rare form of leukaemia that was only diagnosed in Autumn and there is little known about it aside from the survival rates and rough timeline. Until the diagnosis (which only happened through a blood test for something unrelated), she was seemingly well and working full time so this has come as a massive shock to her and us. We don’t really know how this will all progress now.
My question is, when given a news about how long someone has left and it’s not long, how do you actually cope day to day? Will this initial shock and heartbreak continue? Will there be days when we won’t be in tears at some point? I feel as though every week and day I’ll be mentally counting down and that’s not going to help anyone and I want to be as supportive as I can.
We are incredibly close and I don’t want to be spending her last year or so grieving as I know there’s going to be too much time for that.
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Life-limiting illness
My Mum has been told she has 1-2 years left. How do we get through this?
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PinkAvocado · 13/02/2018 06:22
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