I lost my mother to cancer 8 years ago and I still miss her very much. I got a notebook and wrote down all the things I could remember about my Mom. All the great things she taught me and all the times I knew I had hurt her. All the time we laughed together and all the times we cried. I am a believer in Jesus and so was my Mom so I knew that she was a lot better off now. My Mom was a crippled lady all my life and it caused movement on the right side of her body. After she died was the first time I had ever seen my Mom still.

I hope this helps you in some way. I will never stop missing my Mom, but, I would not want her to come back and have to go through all that pain again. I lost my mother to breast cancer. I dealt with it by realizing that she no longer was in pain, but she was in a better place and that one day I will see her again. I still miss her though after thirteen years! I lost my father in 1989 to inoperable brain cancer after a long fight. He had radiation treatments and chemo, and I watched him fall apart more and more every day. It started with a skin cancer on his arm, which they operated on and removed, then it metastasized into his lungs, and they removed 80% of one of them, then it appeared in his brain. All this happened over about a 5 year peiod. It is so very hard. I still miss him to this day, and still think to myself that I will turn around and see him somewhere doing the things that he loved...

If you are the child of a parent going through this, my heart is bleeding for you. You have a hard road ahead of you, but I am praying with all of my heart that everything works out for your parent. Have faith, and be strong for them, as they have been for you throughout your whole life. HI THERE..ON NOVEMBER 10, 2003 MY MOM PASSED AWAY WITH CANCER ..SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITALS PLUS A NURSING HOME ALL TOGETHER 2 WEEKS , AND SHE PASSED AWAY..THE MORNING I CALLED HER AT THE NURSING HOME ..SHE WAS TOO SICK BUT WAS STRUGGLING TO REACH OUT TO GET THE PHONE TO TALK TO ME ..BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT CONVERSATION NEVER TOOK PLACE ..I KNOW SHE IS IN "HEAVEN" AND SHE IS AT PEACE ..BUT IT IS A STRUGGLE EVERY DAY ..CAUSE SHE WAS MY ROCK AND SHE WAS MY BEST FRIEND ..I LOVE MY MOM AND AND HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY WE WILL REJOIN AGAIN AND MEET UP AND I HOPE SHE IS AT THE "GATES OF HEAVEN " WAITING FOR ME ..GOD BLESS YOU ! Yes. My beloved grandmother died of cancer a few years ago, it seem like it all happened so fast. In terms of dealing with it I am still dealing with it but it gets easier everyday. If I learned anything from my granny it was to live life to the fullest, and I guess that is my motivation!!! I just say thank God for the memories because I can share those with my children someday. My father died of lung cancer in 2006. From the time of his diagnosis until he passed was a year and a half. During that time, he finished writing his 3rd book and delivered a paper in Europe, right after a full round of chemotherapy and radiation.