Story
I've lived with my mum having Cancer for longer than without. Just before I was 5 years old (2010) my mum was diagnosed with Breast Cancer it was very scary & something I didn't understand. After 2 operations & 20 sessions of radiotherapy mum was started on Tamoxifen. 9 months later (2011) mum returned to work & life started to go back to how it was. Then in June 2015 mum started to suffer with back pain, she wasn't overly concerned as having worked as a nurse she had experienced this before. A few weeks later we all went to see the oncologist team & mum was discharged having been told she was cancer free & that she had a very small chance of it returning. We were all absolutely elated & I felt that I had my mum back . Little did I know what was just around the corner. Mum's back pain wasn't getting any better infact it was getting worse & over the counter anagesia was doing nothing. She was in constant pain and by now had to use a walking stick to get about. In December of 2015 she had an MRI & that afternoon it was confirmed that the widespread lesions they had seen were a spread from the primary Breast Cancer. This was metastatic Cancer, incurable but treatable. Devasted is one word to describe how I was feeling, scared, angry & sad are others. She is over 3 years on from that dreadful day & whilst she will never get better life surprisingly goes on. She takes Morphine for pain, Letrazole to block oestrogen, has an injection to strengthen her bones every 4 weeks & has regular CT scans so that her team of doctors know how the cancer is behaving. Yes she has days when she has trouble getting out of bed, finds moving about difficult, can't get comfortable, is so tired all she does is sleep & days when the tears start and don't seem to stop. She's still here something that me & dad are so happy about. She loves us both so much & we love her back!!!!