It’s been 8 months since losing my Dad to pancreatic cancer

My dad was “feeling tired” then in the hospital with pancreatitis, then had a stroke, was officially diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and then passed away 5 weeks later. All of this happened in less than two months. It still doesn’t feel real and is hitting especially hard today.

I’m posting this here instead of r/griefsupport because pancreatic cancer moves incredibly fast for many people. My whole family was in denial and didn’t visit him soon enough. I’m thankful I went and stayed with him for the last 6 weeks of his life. I hope that reading this may encourage someone to do the same. It’s hard to believe how fast it goes. The matrix of symptoms on this sub was very accurate for him. I’m sorry for all of you here. Someone posted on a thread earlier saying that “you will never regret spending extra time” with someone. I think that sums it up pretty well