Being on this rollercoaster since Feb you’d think I would find the constant mental and emotional torture to become easier to understand and roll with the waves.
I had a call from our life insurance company where we had critical illness cover and they’re paying out, the call to inform me of this put me in a real tailspin of sadness and panic as it just feels like our fears and nightmares have been validated. I should be grateful, I should be relieved but it just feels like I have money that still can’t make her better.
I know there are many people without day to day money and this isn’t a post to make anyone feel worse but more that this journey is so awful in too many ways.
I understand what you are saying. My husband has terminal cancer and is taking a pension as a lump sum. I'm supposed to be happy about it, but it doesn't take away the cancer. I am happy but I'm also sad that my husband won't be able to make it to retirement age and draw a pension. I think it's important not to read too much into the insurance company honoring the payout because that's what you pay insurance for.
I’m sorry you’re going through this trauma too. I hope you both manage to use the money to create some special moments and memories at least
Hi I hope you don’t mind me asking but we have a problem with our insurance saying they want pay out because they want it in black white my hubby cancer had gone amazing
but he’s been left with effects from the radiation treatment pulmonary can’t remember the rest basically sorry to be going on he’s had to have a rig put back in as speech and swallowing have been efctive he will lose both soon so gig been fitted could you share any advice please my hubby been made redundant and I work full time reduced my hours but as we still have a mortgage to pay and his riis in I will have to go back full time x any advice I no what you mean about money but still not got our health
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