Hello, I’m new to this group but not new to the Cancer experience unfortunately ! My Husband who is now 36, had testicular cancer at 17 (before we met ). It then showed up in his prostate and he had a few issues which he refused to discuss at the time, he said it was through embarrassment etc. That was 8 years ago, fast forward to now and sadly it has spread to his Lymph nodes.
He is very independent and wants to go through this alone, I have tried to respect his wishes because it’s his journey etc, but in the past week he has developed Lymphoma patches in various places on his body, 6 I can see, previously he had 1 on his calf that had broken down and was dealt with at the hospital, the new ones have not broken down and look like fresh burns. I’m terrified of what will happen next the situation with Covid is complicating everything. We are in lockdown with our 7 year old, a typical boisterous child who can’t understand why his Daddy is unable to play football and let him jump all over him. I am like many others currently furloughed so he cannot hide as much as he usually does. He has good reason to behave like this his initial diagnoses was dealt with terribly by his close family and it has made him so sensitive to those around him, ask him one question and he explodes with frustration.
The real issue I guess is ‘how am I expected to support him from behind a wall?’ And ‘how and what should I do in terms of future planning?’
Has anyone else experienced either the Lymphoma sores or the frozen out situation at all??
