 Assistant Admin Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,275 Likes: 7 | Dear Lisha,
I am really sorry for your loss. The final days of an oral cancer patient can be quite distressing to a caregiver. I’m sure it was a great comfort to your mother to hear you tell her how much you loved her and to be able to have the most important people in her life around her. She’s now free of the pain and the fear — I hope you can take comfort from that. The first year after my husband passed, I felt like I was living in a daze. It took time and some counseling for me to finally learn to live again. If you ever feel that the grief is too much for you, please don’t hesitate to seek help, after all, being a caregiver is a traumatic experience.
I hope you will keep in mind what a wonderful daughter you were to your mom. Wishing you all the very best!
Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards
Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.
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