I have been trying to find a group of similar age with liver cancer, I am 74 with cirrhosis and liver cancer, I have done as much as possible to make life easier for my wife of 53 years, when the time comes but although I think maybe 3 - 5 more years, the professionals say don’t drink etc and stick to the same reasoning, my worry is are they just trying to keep me alive regardless of my quality of life. That’s why I would prefer to make the most of the time I have left without ever becoming a burden.to my family, Anybody else feel this way?
Hi oap74. I can empathise with your thoughts. I have a different type of cancer and was told I was now deemed incurable at the end of last year. At this moment I don't know how much longer I even have. Just finished 6 cycles of chemo, had CT scan after no. 3 tumours regressing nicely. Having a CT scan on 24th May and will see Oncologist as week later I hope the news will be good and I'll have a break until it starts all over again, probably at Xmas.
In the meantime I've been doing things in anticipation of inevitable and doing all the "admin" my hubby of 42 years wouldn't have a clue where to start LOL. We all worry about becoming a burden, that's human nature.
Why not join us in the Living with incurable cancer forum. (Just click on the link I've provided, then click to join) There's a lot of lovely supportive members who will understand what you've written. There's also a lot of humour which is something we need.
Hope to see you there, hugs, B xx
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