Hi and a warm welcome to Carers. A cancer diagnosis is always a shock and it's perfectly normal to be emotional, whether that's going into meltdown, anger and a number of other reactions. You do get used to it after a while and things settle to a new normal. I think we all get ups and downs, I know I do. If my husband has a few bad, pain filled days, it always affects me emotionally. Looking after you is important too. It's normal to neglect ourselves, but it does catch up with you so finding an outlet for anger, sadness, low moods is a must. Have they said what stage your husband's cancer is?
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thank you at least I know its not just me being selfish or really weird. He has bowel cancer and basically we were told less than a year without treatment. Chemo then a possible referral to Basingstoke if it has any impact so it is the waiting that makes it hard. He had an ileostomy before the chemo could begin, We have just had a small hiccup with a change of pathway because the drugs were causing problems with the stoma, hopefully new pathway will be better.
thanks again, I am new to this whole online communication thing, never been a social network person but I am sure I will be back online soon
My twin sister has recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, we have different personality types whereas she is quiet and tearful and I get angry. Thus causes further arguments cus she says shouting is abusing her -but she doesn’t like bring alone and had moved in with myself and my teenage daughter in a very tiny home. Feeling guilty never makes the situation worse does it
