Husband has terminal cancer and I am struggling. Husband has started drinking and he is falling a lot .He fell the other night into tv and it broke.He says he is falling because of the cancer and it has nothing to do with the drink.Jim is my second husband and we have been married 15 years he has a grown up family and they think he is falling all the time because of the cancer
Hi Jake23 welcome to the forum and I am so very sorry to hear what is happening for you. It sounds like the drinking is a new thing is that correct? If it is he may well be using this as a mechanism to cope with what he is feeling. I imagine that he is also not in the best of health so his ability to deal with alcohol in his body will be affected by the Cancer but mixing Alcohol isn't a good idea for him. If he is on medication then most of them don't mix with Alcohol either.
How are you coping with this all it must be very difficult for you having to watch as this is happening and little wonder that you are struggling. I'm wondering if you felt able to pick up the phone and have a chat with one of the lovely folks at Macmillan who you can chat with and sound off and maybe get some tips on how best to deal with this or to ask for the families help. 08088080000.
There is a limited amount you can do when he believes that the falls are because of the Cancer which they could be but adding Alcohol into the mix will make this more likely.
Sending some hugs your way for now. xxxx
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