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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here....this is already helpful! 
I guess I worry that he will be terrified....lord knows I am! And if he doesn't ask - I shouldn't tell him. I am ok with preparing him for how she looks. And for the sadness. But I also don't want to traumatize him.....maybe I tell him when we leave to come back home? That she might not live much longer?

This is a lot to process - for me even.....and I worry that he will be terrified of her if I just come right out and say that she doesn't have much longer to live.

Cancer sucks so bad......sorry for anyone reading this that has gone through or is going through it. 
Very rough stuff!

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You're projecting a little here. You should focus on your son for a ehile and be less terrified yourself.
And please focus on SIL and be friendly and calm. How you act during times like this says a lot.
Please dont be so 'terrfied and sad' that you dont spend time and act supportive.
I just took my friend with metastatic BC out bowling for gosh sakes. That was a mistake she realized (too weak) but then she enjoyed the company and we are doing something more calm things now. Are you sure she's dying soon? Treatments can keep you around a while these days.

Teach your son that its not about him, it's about her and providing some support and happy times to her and he will do better.[/quote]

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