The waves of uncontrollable crying, the overwhelming feeling of a future I won’t have, the grieving before it’s ‘needed’ continues to creep in, the lonely nights and days although you have people, the regret, the guilt, the pain so deep you don’t even think it belongs to you, the horrific thoughts of them gone before they have feels like your cheating their life, thinking about funerals and what you could say to people is sickening but a reality so close and true, darkness feels darker, impossible situations to think about, thinking about how others will deal and cope too!
‘enjoy yourselves whilst you can’ never helps does it when you can’t understand why someone doesn’t understand you anymore.
being a human means these feelings come even when we know we shouldn’t be feeling them at certain times.
my beautiful man doesn’t deserve this pain and neither do when our lives are just beginning in our 30s but I’m proud at how we are dealing with the card we’ve been dealt
On bad days I’m just so so glad he even entered my life, no matter how long that is for. we might not have babies or get married but smiling and sharing fun times is what we was given and I’ll accept that!!
it’s lonely but your strong, us other halves, gfs, wives, husbands, carers allow the emotion - sit with them - you got this x
Hello am a husband and your words moved me and i total feel the same about many things you said x your right it really is a card and 1 in 2 of us will be dealt it, its crazy how quickly things happen too.
My wife was told she had bowel and liver cancer in November its to large to remove and chemo would buy her time at 44 with a 5 and 6 year old my world has fallen down around me and i have some very dark days trying to be positive round my wife but seeing her star fading away hurts beyond any thing i have ever felt before .
Macmillan are amazing it makes makes me so glad over the years ive always put my change in the tins in pub and i intend to do a lot more for these amazing people
Hello Minney, I heard and felt every word and emotion, my heart goes out to you, thank you for sharing your honest and strong words. My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 incurable cancer 10 days before Christmas, and now we are starting the battle for time, but it will never be enough compared the the future we'd planned it feels. On my rational days, like you I'm grateful for the years I've been lucky enough to know and share my life with him, build a family and make so many memories, thats a privilidge compared to what some have in a lifetime. I also try to tell myself if I spend my days grieving for a future which may not have happended as ideally as I imagine, then I'm missing the face that we still together right now, no-one has a guarantee of tomorrow. However on my emotional days, I cry uncontrollably, wake up feeling panic immediately and am scared at a future without him, worrying about being enough and being around for our children. I know its important that we let ourselves feel all of these emotions and accept that there is no right or wrong way to feel or deal with these impossible circumstances, reading posts from people who share some of my emotions and offer strengh and support, is so genuinely appreciated, thank you xx
i can go for days now rather than hours but its always there in the back of my mind looming like a big black cloud, my husband is only 64 and today i'm angry for him and for me . Bad weekend emotionally this weekend ,came out of nowhere hopefully tomorrow will be different and I'll feel i;ve got this x
Could have wrote that myself!!
You are enough and I bet an absolute angel in your children’s mind - it’s made me calmer knowing it’s not just me as there is a lot of pressure being on the other side of cancer! I think you’re just lovely let’s cheers to a bright and beautiful future - even if it looks different then we thought xx
I think you’re just amazing! My other half has 4 times of cancer - one being a brain tumour - he’s 34! We have hardly any time but by god I love him more everyday
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