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Caregivers
Archives for September 2016
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Emotional torture
I was told by Hospice that my wife has days to weeks of survival left. She eats perhaps a piece of toast and that is her entire meal for the day, she has visible weight loss and people who have not seen her are somewhat taken aback. I sleep on the couch and she is in the guest room because she can toss and turn too much,…
Free Educational Conference in Phila, PA 11/18/2016
I wanted to share the following information with all who may be in the Philadelphia, PA area and interested in attending in person (or via livestream for those not in the area or not able to attend in person): OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: FREE Educational Conference - Focus on Leukemia, Lymphoma, Myeloma, and Bone Marrow/Stem Cell…
Not knowing what to say
I swear, this is so hard. You feel bad because you don't have the C and are the one trying to offer support and make it make some kind of sense, then you feel bad because you feel anything you say sounds stupid, then you just feel plain stupid. They ask you to be the strong one and not get upset so they can be strong but…
Helps to know we're not the only ones feeling this way
I just want to tell everyone who posts on this forum - THANK YOU. Like you, I am struggling to stay strong while my husband and partner of over 35 years suffers with metastatic disease. What his cancer is called is not important anymore - its not operable and its all over the place and unless a miracle cure is discovered…
Angry Wife
We found out my husband has metastic melanom about 3 weeks ago. He had surgery to remove a tumor in his brain about 2 weeks ago. Since then he has been very angery and rude. All that anger is focused at me. He rolls his eyes when I go into his hospital room. Today he told me to "just go home". After 2 weeks of this I…
disfunction with in family
My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer 6 weeks ago. As one would believe it has turned our world up side down. Since the diagnosis she has repeatedly state "this is a death sentence" " doing chemotherapy will kill me, I would rather be dead then deal with it." I have tried to get her to talk with counsellors that are a…