Hi everyone
My partner has recently finished 5 weeks of radiotherapy treatment. Since finishing he has been unable to get out of bed. He is constantly tired and has slept for 4 days. He has no appetite and has developed a cough, which he didnt have before. He has pain in his gullet which he didnt have before (he has OC diagnosed 8 months ago). I am worried that he hasnt eaten much for 4 days and has lost about half a…
Kenny has just completed 5 weeks of Radiotherapy Treatment and Chemotherapy, with the hope that the tumour in his gullet will have shrunk. Consultant told us at the start that it would be unlikely to be operable, but the treatment would prevent it spreading and would contain it. That was a shock. We had always thought that the treatment would allow the surgeons to remove the tumour which had spread through the wall of…
Thank you so much for the support I have received. I feel I am amongst friends. I do not feel so alone. Trying to stay positive through a very difficult time for me and particularly for my partner, who is strong and confident that he can beat this.
I have just joined the community, because I feel very alone and helpless when trying to cope with my partner's cancer. His cancer was diagnosed in June and it has been a hard few months. I need to know that how I feel is "normal". I need to know that what I am doing is right, because sometimes I feel that everything I do is wrong.
I lost my mum and my best friend to cancer. And I really don't know how…
