My husband has terminal cancer he was given 6-12 months 17 months ago and even tho I feel really greatful for this extra time I'm also so miserable.
I feel like my husband hates me he tells me I'm fat and useless I'm stupid nothing I do is right, I don't work enough hours but I should also quit work to be with him.
He looks at me with pure hate, he doesn't bat an eye lid when I start getting emotional over what he says to me and just tells me to move out of my own house with the kids. He's smashed up the house when he first got diagnosed, he did repair and replace everything a couple of days later.
He's was the most loving amazing most perfect man I've ever met but it's honestly like I'm living with a demon that's took over my husbands body and I feel like he's already gone
The forums say to remember the good times but honestly they have all been replaced by cancer and how nasty he has become, he won't talk to anyone and I can't leave him when I know deep down he needs me, I said my vows and I want to stick by him but he's making it soo hard, I understand what he is going through is beyond horrible but this is no way to live
I feel guilty because most of the time I'm wishing he would just go, but in reality I just want my husband back and I know that's never going to happen he's left me with this monster that I have to battle mentally.
Basically i miss my husband so much and there is nothing I can do to help him or get him back and that's the reality
Em86, I'm so very sorry - your post is heartbreaking. I hope you have family and friends close by to support you. Can you ask your GP and/or the hospital where your husband is being treated if there is a carer's support group you can join? If not, Macmillan helpline and Maggie's centres are both excellent. Sending love, strength and a big hug. ((( )))
I feel like I could have written this post and actually came to the forum to post something similar. My husband has been having treatment for cancer for 5 years and he has become a completely different person. He is so angry all the time and his moods can switch in seconds. He drinks and isolates himself most days.
I know he has been through a lot but he is taking all of his anger and depression out on me and I am starting to get to the point where I don’t want him to be here anymore and then I feel guilty for thinking it.
I may not have cancer myself but I feel like he is slowly destroying me and I love him so much and who he used to be. There is no way I can or will leave him but I am trying to find other ways to separate myself from the situation and give me some time without him.
I did have some counselling with Macmillan last year which helped a bit but unfortunately me having counselling doesn’t change who he is and that fact that he needs to find a better way to deal with all his emotions.
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