Mom diagnosed
Hi everyone. I hope that I'm allowed to post here. I'm only just learning about this stuff on the fly, and figured it wouldn't hurt. I don't have any specific questions that I can't research on my own or ask AI or friends. But, I guess hearing about others' experiences have given me a broader understanding of what to expect in terms of how life is going to look like moving forward.
My mom was just diagnosed with grade 3. She just consulted with her doctor. CT scan scheduled for next week. Hysterectomy in 2 weeks.
She's 70 and was just planning to retire this year. We're rolling back a trip to Hawaii that we were planning for her birthday next month. Instead, we're going to head home to see her there. I imagine by that point she'll be starting up on chemo. She's divorced and lives alone, but thankfully she's part of a church group that can help her with logistics in the meantime.
Our small family (sister and me) all live very far from each other. I've moved to the other side of the world, and am trying to mentally prepare for what I'm going to have to do in the upcoming months. How often am I going to need to head home and for how long? Besides being in an opposite timezone and so far away, I am relatively free and flexible. Is there anything I can do in the meantime? What are the things I don't know that I don't know?