I still can't believe this is really happening. My 57 y/o sister, who was the picture of health with a zeal for life, is struggling with Stage IV Colon Cancer and not doing well at all. I fear that she is not responding to her treatments now and it is all happening so fast. She's lost an enormous amount of weight and has significant pain. She is terrified. We just lost our father 3 years ago and it's been so hard to heal from that loss. This all seems like a bad dream to me and I feel panicky at times. It just doesn't seem real. How does this stuff happen? We've also had so many other losses that I can't catch my breath. But this is just too much to bear. I'm feeling stripped of my faith so I'm a lost soul.
Does anyone else go through this? What do you do to help yourself through it?