Hi,
I don’t know if I’m being paranoid but I think I might be getting a cold and am so worried about making my partner (just finished treatment for tonsil cancer) ill. He is already very ill.
His son lives with us and seems to have had a little cold this last week, nothing sinister but I’ve been wiping down the bathroom and door handles and he hasn’t really seen him much. I’m now thinking I might have it! I am sharing a bed with him and pretty much caring for him all the time, I really don’t want to make him any worse than he already is. I guess the obvious would be to take precaution and maybe stay away from him. That’s really hard when caring for him and he doesn’t really want anyone else looking after him. Also I’m not sure if I actually am getting a cold as there’s no clear signs or if I’m just run down in my luteul phase and paranoid!
Im intrigued as to what others have done in this situation?
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