My husband had a staging laproscopy yesterday. Afterwards we received the devastating news that the cancer has spread to 3 spots outside his stomach which means no further surgery will be considered. He had a part gastronomy to remove the main tumour but the type of cancer is very aggressive. He is in his late 40’s. We have two wonderful children below the age of ten. He is the most amazing human being and I am not ready for the possibility of him leaving us so soon. We were supposed to grow old together. I feel lost at the thought of life without him. We need time to process everything that happened yesterday and work out a way to move forward. We like to look for the positives in everything but this has beaten us! Does anyone have any tips or advice on how we can get ourselves out of this horrible cloud? There have been many tears flowing today. Luckily the children are with close family for the half term.
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