Hi all, 3 years ago my husband was diagnosed with a cancerous lump on his kidney and he had the kidney removed. He found out that the cancer had spread to his lungs. We have been together and married for 15 years and we were inseparable. We never argued, we did everything together and were a very loving couple. Since his diagnosis our relationship has completely changed and it practically happened over night. He is no longer loving, snaps at me all the time and he will not discuss his cancer with me at all. I really don't know what to do anymore. I can't even let my frustration out by having a good cry because I think if I started crying I won't stop. Help, what can I do?
Hi Yelsel
I’m sorry to read what a difficult time you and your husband are going through right now.
As you know, the online community is divided up into different support group so I'm going to suggest that you join and post in the carers only group, where you'll connect directly with others who may also have had relationship difficulties and who can share their experiences with you.
If this is something that you'd like to do, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
((hugs))
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