I can't even begin to tell you how much pain I'm feeling right now. My husband pasted on the 11th from Stage 4 bowel cancer he was only diagnosed early December. The cancer was aggressive, he had to have a stoma and then caught an infection in his picc line so chemo never really got the chance to work. He was 50! Hes left two older children, two step children and our darling twins who are just 2.5 years old. Today I just can not get out of bed, I'm not eating, I am sleeping but i just don't want to wake up. Everything happened so fast and we never really got time to process the diagnosis and know hes not here. He was my soul mate, we had so many plans together, so many ideas for our children and hes just not here anymore. I was able to be with him in his final hours we spoke about the children amd how much we loved eachother. Now i just have this huge hole in my heart i feel someone is weighing me down and I'm struggling. I want to go to sleep and not wake. I want the pain to go away. He was my whole world im completely crushed
This is heartbreaking to read. I’m so so sorry for your loss. I lost my dad a few weeks ago, his cancer was also aggressive and it all happened very quickly. He was mid fifties and it all just seems like such a terrible waste. But to lose a life partner and the father of your kids must be so so hard.
Please know you’re not alone in your suffering. Talking here can help. Do you have real life support? Family and friends who can help you? Please stay strong for your lovely kids. I am in the early days of my grief like you and yes it is painful and raw but each day I think I get a little stronger. What you’ve experienced is horrendous but in time you will live again even though life won’t be the same. Sending so much love and strength to you x
Friends and family are helping. No one really leaves me alone for too long. Its just awful, i keep thinking hes going to walk through the door. Im completely lost
Hi
I lost my partner of 26 years last Thursday to advanced oesophageal cancer and I am still reeling. You think you are prepared but it still hits you like a truck.
Ronnie used to golf 5 days a week went to the gym regularly and took great care of himself, he never smoked and enjoyed an occasional glass of red. He weighed 14 stone in good health and I doubt he was 7 when he passed, it was criminal to watch.
At the moment I also think he’s going to come home and can’t face the reality that he’s gone forever. If anyone else tells me time is a great healer I’ll scream!
I know they mean well........x
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