I am devastated at the moment and just can't seem to stop crying. We were told Friday that my mum is very poorly and dying of cancer; but my dad doesn't know and I just can't tell him. How do I tell my dad that the women he was devoted to for almost 50 years is dying and see that blank look, knowing he doesn't remember her? Over the last six weeks since mum was taken into hospital and he went into emergency residential care, he hasn't mentioned or asked about her once.
I feel so angry that she kept her illness from me for so long. She eventually told me last night that she didn't want to be parted from my dad. I knew she wasn't well, but getting her to seek help was an uphill struggle, until it was too late. And stupid though it seems, I feel angry with my dad because of his AD; it stopped my mum speaking out and worst of all, he just isn't here to grieve with me.
Jules
I feel so angry that she kept her illness from me for so long. She eventually told me last night that she didn't want to be parted from my dad. I knew she wasn't well, but getting her to seek help was an uphill struggle, until it was too late. And stupid though it seems, I feel angry with my dad because of his AD; it stopped my mum speaking out and worst of all, he just isn't here to grieve with me.
Jules