Some writings indicate that suffering and the interpretation of time of older women and people with cancer could be linked. The definition of suffering of Ricoeur (1994) and the findings of other thinkers led us to try to understand how the suffering of older women with terminal cancer is linked to their interpretation of time. For this, we made a qualitative research based on interviews realized with older women with terminal cancer. The results reveal that the waiting and the announcement of cancer are events of the past linked to their suffering. Many of these women live their present day by day, enjoy the present moment and their current capabilities, not to think about the future, source of despair and / or associated with death. This study helps to redefine, question and understand the suffering of older women suffering from incurable cancer.