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Stepson's terminal diagnosis what to expect?

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NachosTrafficantes · 15/08/2019 14:55

My adult stepson has a terminal cancer diagnosis. He's married but they are both young and live a plane ride away.

The family are close and visit a lot, holiday together - he has siblings who are a bit younger one of whom is a bit fragile.

My husband is dealing with it by sort of not dealing with it. He's doing a lot of organising. The whole family is sort of doing the same thing - carrying on with life but with extras like a big family holiday planned. He's maybe got a year before his quality of life will deteriorate. We've all known for about a year.

My DH and I are in the middle of buying a new house, taking on a mortgage in our 50s when we don't have one now. Buying somewhere with a garden and detached.

I'm not sure whether things like this are a good idea. I've no idea how my husband will cope when his son dies, what state he will be in. It's all just so desperately sad.

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BringBackDoves · 16/08/2019 21:20

Oh gosh Nachos how terribly sad. I’m sorry I don’t have any useful advice but I didn’t want not to reply. How old is your stepson?

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