I can’t believe it’s been about a month since the appointment where at best my husband has 10 years and worst 1.
It’s been a rollercoaster of emotions, forms and trying to find our breath. And there is still so much more to process and sort.
im starting to understand im deep in anticipatory grief, im waiting on referrals but the pain particularly at night often is consuming and can feel unbearable.
He’s my soul mate, we have strong attachment to each other and our lives revolve around each other. We’ve never wanted or needed anything else and the pain of losing that at all and especially any time soon is so so hard to think, accept or feel.
Our families aren’t the typical social norm types meaning large parts of this we are coping by ourselves and made family.
We have more appointments and hopefully support coming our way but the emotional side for me cuts so deep and often in such unexpected ways. Tonight is been particularly hard
Me and my husbands world also revolve around each other ,we do everything together and when we thought he'd gall bladder cancer at Christmas(thankgod it wasn't) I fell apart and couldn't imagine a life without him in it...it's all I've really known ....
You say at worst he's 1 year at best 10....try and focus on the at best ,drs do get things wrong and no one really knows how many more tomorrows any of us have.Dont let thoughts of what might happen spoil and tarnish the now ,even though the now is at this moment frightening .
Yes he's ok just waiting for his gall bladder out ,scheduled for June.My blogg is just me rambling on ,my dad was diagnosed with parotid gland cancer 12 weeks ago ...the blog helps me process and get random thoughts out of my head...it does help.
Hi
My Husband has kidney cancer which has progressed despite over nearly 4 years of treatment- immunotherapy, radiotherapy, TiVo and Cabo. The Cabo hasn't worked and there's progression of the evil cancer. It's crap doing my best to care for him but it's so hard. I feel like you with the anticipatory grief. Sending you love xx
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