Is it OK to feel down?

  • It is too simplistic to think that as a carer I will have good days and down days - what I had not expected was the guilt that accompanies the feeling of being depressed.  I am not the patient, I am not the one going through the gruelling chemo sessions, nor the one with cancer inside me.

    I feel guilty if I lose my patience with my husband, which under normal circumstances would happen anyway, you know the sort of thing…