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My mum is about to die

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alfiesmum · 08/09/2005 18:39

My mum has ovarian cancer which has now spread throughout her body, she is only 54. She was moved to a hospice last night, she is very weak and may die at any time. I went to see her today and was shocked to see how bad she has got so quickly, its been less than a week since I last saw her and she was sitting up and talking normally then. She can now hardly talk or breath and is drifting in and out of consciousness.

I think mum dad wants me and my sister to be with her when she dies, but I can't bare to see her like that. I can't stop crying and i'm in floods of tears all the time but can't stop myself. I have not slept in days and to make things worse i'm pregnant and due in eight weeks.

Will I regret it forever if i'm not there? I am not someone who shows my feelings easily and I don't think I have ever told my mum that I love her. I wanted to today but she kept drifting off and didn't know what I was saying. I have left everything to late, I wanted her to know that I am having a baby boy but she was too confused to understand.

carriemumsnet · 08/09/2005 21:14

I too am in bits reading this. My mum died at 50 from breast cancer. I do believe that hearing is the last thing to go so don't be put off telling her everything you want to tell her. Everyone is different. When we knew my mum would die in the next 48 hours they they kept telling us to go home and get some rest. I couldn't imagine leaving her and didn't - for my sake not hers - but my dad and sister did go home although we were all there at the end. Your mum's probably on a lot of morphine which does make communication difficult but my mum did have moments of lucidity right up the the end and I'm glad I was there to catch the last few things she said.

So don't feel bad if you can't be there all the time, but I would say for your sake at least as much as hers do spend some time and just talk - tell her about the baby and make sure that you tell your dad to tell her again if she has a lucid moment. The thing about good mothers is they always worry about their children and want the best for them even if they're dying (my mother's last words to me were - it's worse for you - ) so whatever happens know that she wouldn't want you to make yourself ill and she would want you to do whatever you think is best for you and the baby. Your dad may want one of you there with him at the end for his sake as much as yours or your mum's and if you sister feels more up to it than you maybe she could take the longers shifts.

Sorry I'm rambling. But my heart goes out to you and your family
xxx

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