So my husbsnd is 2 years in remission ftom bowel cancer. He commented in conversation today about stopping his private pension. He said the consultant says 50% of stage 3 cancer survivors, dont live beyond 10 years. So he's wondering if its worth it to keep paying in. He's 54. He had bowel cancer.
I did not like him stating this stat and it really upset me and i fjnd it hurtful and pessimistic, and I tried to sort of dismiss this and to see it in a different way. He was very annoyed with me that I seemed to not want to hear the stats. That I was trying to dismiss it. Whilst I could be guilty of sticking my head in the sand, my way of dealing with life now in remission is to not look to far ahead and to try and have a a positive outlook. Its the way I deal with it. He is ever the pratical. I dont think one of us is right or wrong. But when he says thjngs like that I am suddenly transported back to thoughts and a place I don't really want to have to revisit.
