'My mother spent her last year in a hidden cloud of emotion that was not talked about.'
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We found out about her cancer in the parking lot of the hospital. We were on our way to what we thought was an in-person appointment that, through some cruel twist, turned out to be a phone appointment instead. Mom was told over spotty cell service inside my car that she had cancer. Her prognosis was three to seven months as cancer had metastasized from her colon to her liver.
While waiting for the system to move her through a seemingly endless series of consults with the cancer clinic, we had some time before the experts would discuss what was essentially a lack of treatment options. While Mom still had some strength, my husband and I managed to take Mom on a journey back home to Ontario to say goodbye to her extended family. Even that trip was steeped in denial. She was just visiting everyone and there were no goodbyes uttered.
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