My mom, who has terminal lung cancer with Metastasis to the brain, and has been on hospice since February, cannot accept that she is dying. She can no longer walk and barely move her limbs, she has a lot of trouble breathing and is on oxygen. She is visibly declining rapidly. Yet she insists she can walk if we get her help, and that she is fine. She is fighting it every step of the way and dragging out her suffering. This is heartbreaking to me. Is this how everyone is when they approach death?
My very best to you.
Leave it to her. Let her do it her way.
And the very best for you. You are there for her in this passage; that is all you can do.
My sister never accepted that she was dying and continually said she was going to get better.
I am so sorry that your mom is dying and not able to accept it. It is hard.