I'm very sorry to hear that Vicky...
I was like Jet when I nursed my Mum through her last six months in 1997... finding foods which she could/would eat preoccupied my time, and in between meals I comforted myself with food...
I often think that my Mum would have loved to know me as I am now, size wise, yet here am I moaning about a stone...
Yes, as Vicky says, dieting brought us together here, but we share far more than that...
(((group hug))) <--- and I'm so not a huggy person!