Husband is in denial about his palliative diagnosis

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Hi I’m finding it hard to deal with my husband

not willing to accept his diagnosis his rage and anger at his doctors reports everyone is wrong 

and giving up on him it’s my fault he’s like this I’m not helping him fight it maybe ,it’s a natural reaction but instead of making the most of the time we have he thinks he’s invincible as he beat his last prognosis by surviving 15 years but now has secondary and other health issues. I don’t have any answers for him .

  • Hi @margylizy and welcome to the community, sorry to hear about your husband though he certainly sounds like a fighter. It might perhaps help you to look at the infrmation on supporting a loved one with cancer, perhaps the most important lesson we learn though is the importance of taking care of ourselves.

    In terms of answers nobody really knows and for many of us lving day to day or even hour to hour, my wife and I have been living with cancer now for 6 years and I did a really good course on living with less stress and it really helped me to live for the moment and appreciate what we have.

    <<hugs>>

    Steve

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