It’s a incredibly hard time for everyone. Being in isolation when you are a sole carer and bearing all the responsibility of the needs of someone with months to live is a challenge.
When you are told you have a year to live, most of us have a bucket list. Some will want to ensure their partner is going to be okay after. Some will want to ensure they spend quality time with family and friends.
Carers are often forgotten. I am trying to ensure I am doing all the practical stuff, but also trying to deal with my partners condition. Inside I am a wreck. He is unable to be left, he is unable to understand he has to stay home- keeps saying. Let’s do this or that! I am growing tired of saying- everything is closed- we aren’t allowed to go to beach- no we can’t sell house now- no- no- no. He just does not understand and gets annoyed with me.
I feel so alone and he has no emotion - I am constantly comforting to him and feel guilty for even expecting a man with a terminal brain cancer to still care - but this lockdown makes escape for me for a hour impossible-
