My partner has terminal cancer and doesnt have more than a few months to live. We’ve known for 3 months and the deterioration in him has been quick. He’s declined palliative chemo and immunotherapy as he couldnt tolerate the side effects. He’s sleeping more and doesnt want to do anything. How do others cope with this? My whole world is falling apart and we have almost no family / friends to support or talk to, we are on our own. We do have the hospice team, who come every so often and he goes to a day centre once a week, but i’m not mentally coping and I dont want to get out of bed in the morning anymore, i’m crying a lot of the time. The hospice provides counselling after death only, there is very little for me. I’ve rang the main charities support lines and in our area there is nothing for carers of people who are dying and the hospice dont provide it (i dont know if this is resource or commissioning issues). How are we supposed to manage day to day? I’d really like to speak and connect with others in similar circumsrances but there are no carers groups for this in my area either.
