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Helpingmum
12 years agoMember
Mum's Recent Breast Cancer Diagnosi
Hi everyone,
I'm new here so apologies in advance if I am not very clear with things.
On 23 December 2013 my 81 year old mother had confirmation she had breast cancer. The lump was felt the week be...
Helpingmum
12 years agoMember
Hi Jackie. That must have been an incredibly hard time for you with your mum and you being diagnosed so close together and her being so far away. My father also has had prostate cancer for the past 7 years which is being well controlled. Mum has said that it was harder handling his diagnosis than hers. My father has been terribly upset with mum's diagnosis but better with his own. So I have both elderly parents with cancer. Somewhere along the way, the roles have reversed where we step in and care for our parents. Thank you so much for your input. It has helped me enormously over the last couple of days when I have struggled. Love and best wishes to both you and your mum xxx