Hello everybody
I have just joined the forum to see if anybody else is in my shoes. My husband has had 3 Glioblastomas with Cancer. This one will be his last and has been given till December to live. He has started to go down now and is needing lots of support to do things. Im tired and don't know how I am going to cope at the worst time. Anybody else in this position?
Hi Ava Rose
Welcome to our community, I hope you find it both informative and supportive.
While I am not in your position at the moment there have been some times in our journey, over 10 years now with my wife's cancer and some times have been more challenging.
What really helped me was the first time I reached out for help, walked in to my local Maggies and basically sobbed my heart out. They helped me realise that the only thing that could give easily at the time was my work and with the help of my GP I got to take a break there.
Later I did a living with less stress course and that helped me focus more on the here and now rather than the future i could not control. The conscious breathing exercises were good too for when life decides to throw us yet another curve ball.
Have you got any support from social services? If you look at Getting a care needs assessment you should be able to find what you need to get you both the support that can help ensure you are there when needed.
<<hugs>>
Steve
