Hi Magicmum,
Your message was just so lovely...and exactly what I needed to hear! Our Mums really are such special people in our lives and despite yours and mine living to a lovely old age, it is still a big shock when we lose them.....but as you said, they are always with us!
I feel it's been so unfair to lose Mum at the same time as my surgery as I haven't been able to give her all my thoughts...so feeling a bit ripped off about it! Hard to explain but dealing with two bouts of bad news has been hard to deal with simultaneously....if this makes sense?
I am so glad to have come across this site and it really makes me feel like I am defo not alone in this journey...all new for me, the future is daunting but I know it will all be positive....my Mum just as yours wouldn't want it any other way! The day after my diagnosis and the day before my Mum passed away she told me "It will all be alright"....and I believe it......at my Mums funeral Dad selected "One Day at a Time" and this is my motto now......
I wish you all the best too and glad to know you are there for me too!
Jenny xxx