I Lost My Mother to Cancer Stories of Experiences

When I first learned that my stepmother was diagnosed with uterine cancer back in late 2011,I was very frightened.I wouldn't be telling the truth if I said I wasn't.The scariness(if there is such a word) would carry over right up until...

I am the youngest of 4 daughters(21 at the time); i live in tallahassee, one lives in maryland(28), one in new york(23), and one in miami(28). My parents got divorced sometime in 2008 through 2011; my mom didn't want to get divorced...

Hey guys I don't really know what to write here. Or how to start off. All my therapists have told me this is a good idea though. :/ my name is samantha. im from rhode island. im 22 years Old..march of 2012 my grandmother was diagnosed...

Mother's Day is really sad for me. My Mom died at home on May 21,2011 after a long battle with colon cancer. Colon cancer is 100% preventable with yearly colonoscopies at 50. My mother would be alive today if she'd had access to...

On Feb. 9th 2012 my Mom passed away at 82 from stage 4 brain cancer. It was a tough year for me. I was going thru a divorce and I was on emotional overload and drain.
The reason for my heading is - as a child and adult I was never...

It's so strange just saying it, it doesn't seem real.

My mother died on the 14th March less than 6 months after cancer diagnosis. It's been a slog of journey, but I want to share it in case it can help someone else. As odd as it may...

i always remember as a kid... you always saying i dont want that phone call...well this is just the opposite..that one Friday after being down Ft Lauderdale all March taking care of you ...watching them pump your stomach.. the fluid...

I lost my mother a month ago, on my 30th birthday. She was 52. I crossed the ocean to be with her. The last chemo treatment had kicked her pretty hard. She was almost bedridden by the time I arrived in February. She declined fast...

I want off this roller coaster. I want to be alright again. I'm tired of these hard days, it hurts so much. Why do I hurt so much? I think of taking my life, but I can't I won't. I ache to hear your voice to feel your hugs.

In 2002 my family lost my father to micro cellular lung-cancer, lethal, not curable, it was only possible to alleviate his suffering and pain. 11/18/2002 he was relieved of his burden and passed away.

The following year my mother was...

I was a rebellious teen and 20-I something. Drugs, jail, seen it all. My mom was always there w a listening ear or to bail me outta trouble. At the time, I thought that was her job.eventually I got clean and married a good man. My...

It was nineteen years ago, middle of the week in March. This was Sunday morning on the 13th, I was out clubbing and drinking with my friend and bar hopping around 3:30 a.m. We were drunk and just smoking and chilling out in the parking...

My mom was my rock, my glue. Idk how to go on without her. My pain is physical...I can feel my sorrow. I didnt want to see her suffer from liver cancer anymore, I told her yesterday to let go, it was time..id be fine. That was a lie. Im...

It was this day, April 1st, 12 months ago when I sat beside my Mum's bed and held her hand as she died. She was 49 years old. It has a been a rough ride on the roller-coaster of grief this past year. It deeply upsets me that the...

11 months ago Cancer took my Mom from me. Every day is difficult in some degree some days better than others and some moments worse than others. I miss her...I cry when I'm alone and really need her the most. I fear I won't be able to...

The start of 2006 was the year my mother would begin to decay. I stood there frozen from the agony, watching her slowly escape my grasp. For three years I stood there, three years of constant suffrage. And for a short while we were told...

Mom wasnt that old... She was 39 when she passed away. I was 12 at that time...but hey! i just came here to say to the rest of the people that even if it feels awful right now... believe me! everything gets better! I thought my sister...

I miss my mom so much that my life is now reflections of a past better life with her in it.
Every day I wake up with the reality of her not being there to talk to. I already tried to end my life once and am trying to get through this.

I wasn't going to visit the cemetary today, I was going to wait until Mother's Day. From Friday I really got the urge to go today, so I did. I had been so wrapped up in Mother's Day and how it is going to be a little tough this year...

I lost my Mum 4 days ago to cancer, I was half an hour late getting to the hospital, keep beating my self up for not getting there on time. She had been in and out a few times over the past couple of months, so just figured it would be...