Hi
I was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in January, I've been on chemo since March and am doing well. I feel I have made peace with this and am living each day trying to be positive and happy. My husband is not coping and he is taking it out on me. He uses every opportunity to be out if he can, if we have plans but his friends phone he will prioritize them and he is so angry every day he speaks to me so nastily. He then gets guilty and tries to be nice but it seems to me he's made my illness all about him. When we've talked it's all about his feelings and how he needs to do things (away from me) for his own mental health. I do get this but there isn't any room for my feelings or what makes me feel better. I sometimes think why am I fighting this cancer just to argue and feel like a burden every day. It's exhausting, I just want peace and a little happiness in the time I've got left.
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