It’s spread to lungs and prognosis very poor, how do you cope with such devastating news for your loved one ?

My wife and I met later in life in 2015, we realised early on we had something special. We married in July 2020 and we both agree we are enjoying the happiest years of our lives ever. We are perfectly compatible in every way and just love being in each other’s company. I took voluntary redundancy last October to enjoy our happy lives together and take cruises to far flung places. Obviously COVID put pay to that for a while but in April this year she was diagnosed with gall bladder cancer, despite it being removed in 2017 !

Now chemo has had no affect so she’s just had some radiotherapy. My wife has been in hospital for 3 weeks now having developed pleurisy, had both lungs drained to improve breathlessness. Today we met with consultant who basically gave us the news we never want to receive, it has spread to her lungs. we’re told more chemo may be possible but only if her general health Improves considerably so she’ll cope with the drugs after effects. It was quite clear to us both that hopes are very low that any treatment would be successful, assuming the treatment can go ahead.

I’m sat here at home feeling numb, angry, devastated at the cruelty of life. WHY….. we are so in love both having had challenging 1st marriages and now after just a handful of years I will lose the only lady I have ever truly loved and who changed my life so much for the better. She is such a kind loving person she certainly doesn’t deserve this and I would do anything to take this away for her. The diagnosis is bad enough but knowing there is nothing I can do to make things better, is just unbearable. I just cannot bear to even think about the future.

Regards,

Paul