Struggling with my nana diagnosis

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I can't deal with my emotions, my uncle got diagnosed with cancer that spread to his brain in October 2022 he sadly lost his fight in may 2023 in the mean time of getting my head around his diagnosis my nana got diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer in March 2023 and she's too poorly for chemo, so they doctors have literally said she's got a couple weeks left and I'm really struggling with it all I can't cope I find my self crying every day on and off through out the day my kids don't understand how bad their great Nan is so they just ask me why I'm crying all the time 😩

I'm so sorry love. That's heartbreaking.

Are you going to tell the kids so they understand? Crying is normal and healthy, of course you're upset.

@MrsTerryPratchett yes I will
Be telling them this weekend but I know the two younger ones won't fully understand but my eldest will x

I'm so sorry. Like MrsTerryPratchett says, crying is good. It's part of the process. Do you have people IRL who can support you?

I'm sorry, that's horrible :(

I'm speaking without direct experience here, but I wonder if it might be better to tell your kids now? They're concerned about why you're so upset and it might be helpful for both them and you for everyone to be on the same page? Also, if you're in the UK then I expect they're on holiday this week, so have more time to process than if you tell them at the weekend.

So sorry again x

Me and my husband sat them down yesterday and my husband told them, my 5
Year old has asked a lot of questions, my 10 year old doesn't show emotion, but I know when things are bothering him because he then acts up so he was fine all day until last night then started acting up and so I said shall we sit down and cuddle and have a talk which he agreed and he told me how he felt about his great nan, but for me I'm sure everyone is sick of seeing me crying I know I have to get on with being a mum but I'm seriously struggling without crying but thank you all for your comments xx