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    Can You Hear the Laughter?

    in GRIEF

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    Kasey (((HUGS)))

    You may not be able to beat Lung Cancer but you give so much to the people who are suffering and the caregivers/children of people who are suffering. Without the Kaseys of this world Lung Cancer would be laughing in our faces but with them we are making a stand against this beast and one day we will beat it. You and I or our children or grandchildren may not be here when that day comes but you just have to know that you were a link in that very long chain of events leading to it being beaten.

    Be gentle on yourself, Kasey.

    Mom switched to palliative care... feeling lost

    in CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER

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    My heart is breaking for you, reading your story (((HUGS)))

    I am so sorry to hear that your mum is only being offered palliative care. I know that hearing them say this is one of the toughest things to try and digest, for your mum and everyone else involved.

    Being so young yourself and having your own baby to cope with is a challenge in itself, without the additional worry about your mum and this is probably why you are feeling angry. You aren't really angry at her, just at the fact that you know that you don't have much time left with her. I know that when they told my dad that he's chances didn't look too great (at diagnosis) that I felt very angry and frustrated with him and I disconnected myself from him for a while, which looking back I believe was my way of preparing myself for when he was no longer with me.

    Try not to think too much about the future and concentrate more on the here and now. Tell your mum everyday how much you love her, although I'm sure you do this already. Try to enjoy this time. It will be hard on all of you, I can't tell you differently.

    When your mum takes that final journey she will live on in you and your son forever. Whenever you do something for him or with him it will remind you of things that your mum done with you. When you teach him new things that will be your mum teaching him because she was your teacher. Even once she's gone she will still be there guiding you through motherhood and life.

    One day at a time is how you have to take things from now on.

    We are all here if you need to chat or vent, ok?

    Take care of you too!!

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