Hi, new here and I'm fed up of being told I should be 'grateful'. My dad is 13 months in to a stage 4 gallbladder CA diagnosis. At 73 I keep getting told how lucky he is, how its a miracle he's still here and how I should be grateful. I know I shouldn't complain but I am his live in carer, 35 and feel like my whole life is on hold, it seems like I've taken on the role of wife/ servant and I'm exhausted. He's due to start folfox on Monday which is going to make things even more challenging, the cis/gent regime was a nightmare. I'm in this alone and I'm just so fed up. Obviously I love my dad and don't want him to die and I feel such guilt wishing this to be over because I know thats the only way I get out of this but between work, mothering and caring, I don't get a second to myself.
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