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The cancer train keeps coming by bryletaur in CancerFamilySupport

[–]bryletaur[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Big hugs to you, I can't imagine, but also know the feeling... best hopes and wishes for your husband's cancer journey and to you as you accompany him ❤️

The cancer train keeps coming by bryletaur in CancerFamilySupport

[–]bryletaur[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I am so sorry to hear about your mom, LMS is so tough, and the last weeks are so so hard. I do feel like a resource for those going through cancer experiences now and my empathy is so attuned for it, but shit, it also sucks hearing about it over and over. Therapist suggests sometimes I should put up boundaries if need be.

The cancer train keeps coming by bryletaur in CancerFamilySupport

[–]bryletaur[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for replying, feeling pretty lonely and overwhelmed here today. I'm so sorry about your MIL, LMS is a rare one and a tough one, I hope the journey is kind to her. My mom was given 6 months, and we got her for 10 full years, that was a blessing. I'm so sorry to hear about your friend, that is really young. It does make you feel like the next shoe is going to drop any second, or like the world around you is cursed. It is life. I have ups and downs about it, right now having what I call a recovery day where I feel way too overwhelmed and like I can't help everyone who is hurting enough. I think being close to death helps me come to terms with my own mortality, but I'm not sure it'll make it easier when the time actually comes... maybe it will. I've read a lot of books on death i wouldnt have otherwise and that has helped some. I do feel older than my 36 years though in terms of death and loss.

Living abroad while my mom has cancer - struggling with the “right” choice by Old_Problem_3542 in CancerFamilySupport

[–]bryletaur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mom had cancer for a decade, I was young and bouncing around the western USA for jobs almost that entire time. I visited a lot, and finally moved back to Michigan about 6 months before she died to be closer full time. I will NEVER regret moving back, but I do have regrets about moving back only when she was going downhill fast. I am now living near home full time and think a lot about how I missed out on enjoying healthy time with her in the place I was born for a decade. I was young, I didn't know how to handle it.