Hi Shaun and Mike, thank you for taking your time to read and reply, I definitely think the more I research and know about it the better I will feel. I suppose it’s just coming to terms with it. I just feel so sorry for my mum as she’s been in chronic pain for at least a year now and it’s only going to get worse before it can possibly get better, and I just feel it’s going to hit me like a tonne of bricks when all I want to do is be strong for her. I’m worried all she’s going to do is worry about us kids and not herself when she doesn’t need the added stress. All I’ve done since i found out is cry and I feel I’m not being as strong as she needs me to be right now.