Has anyone here ever had to see a family suffer a terminal illness?

What does it feel like to be told you have a terminal illness?

How does that person cope?

Have you ever seen someone deteriorate away from a terminal illness?

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robb65 · 56-60, M

My dad had congestive heart failure. He suspected he had it a while before it was official. He lived several months and gradually got weaker. He spent his last month in bed with his memory going and coming. There were times he wasn't sure where he was and forgot that he was dying. One day he turned to me and asked "they don't think I'm going to make it this time do they?" That was a tough moment.