My Mother was diagnosed on Jan 2,2005 and passed on Feb. 25, 2005. We had brought her home after 5 weeks in the hospital only 3 weeks before her death but myself and boths sons were with her when she passed at home. We thought we had at least 3 more mths so we have been having a hard time. My only sister died at age 49 Feb, 01, My Dad on June 25, 2001 from a 5 year battle with prostate cancer that had went to the bone, my brother with cancer in august, 03 and now my sister-in-law is on Hospice with cancer and only has days to maybe 1 month left. Cancer takes away so much and you are left feeling like you have been thru a war. and you have...I not only was very, very close with my parents but I lost my best friend when Mother died. I am not coping well but continue to pray and I will pray for you to find strength in the days and weeks to come.