I Lost My Mother to Cancer Stories of Experiences

I tried everything :( I thougth that she wont die. it was on octuber and November of 2012 that they tell me that my mom had cancer. I had no idea what was the meaning of cancer. but when the doctor said she could die I got so scared of...

It was the Christmas of 2011. We decided to go to Luanda, the whole family was there so it made sense. My dad was there too. I didn't really want to go, as usual, but my mom's will to be with the family made me go. I was more concerned...

I was 7 years old and i can't seem to get over it because everything bad in my life is somehow connected to her death .. i miss her so much it hurts, every time i remember her i feel like my heart stopped beating it just hurts to live...

Well, about 8 years ago on Christmas Eve, my mom was having some pain. So they took her to the emergency room. They discovered her appendix had burst. Then when they opened her up, they discovered cancer cells all throughout her body...

last year sep 2012 i got a phone call from a man i didnt really know but what i knew of him i didnt like he told me mum needed to talk to me as she didnt have long to live. i found out my mum had cancer in feb 2012 i drove to syd from...

So the researchers in Canada had already discovered way back that DCA a drug that was being used for another purpose turned out to have strong anti cancer properties but They didn't find out right away it was over time they learned of...

I feel like nobody understands what I'm going through, so I thought writing this might help me. I'm pretty desperate. I'm trying everything I can to move on.

It all started in 2007. One day I was playing basketball with my neighbor...

I have been ruminating on this story for a bit now. As is so often the case, my life gets so hectic and I can't sit and write when I need to, and then things get so complicated in my head. I usually write about her at least once a year...

On the 23rd of May , it was five years since i lost my beautiful mother to ovarian cancer, at age 66.I could not have asked for a better mother and best friend.I am the eldest of her 4 children , and her 11th grandchild is due soon.When...

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...