My husband passed away Tue 5th Aug,
since being told end of April he only had 12 months, Paul never recovered from his 4 fourth round of chemo (this was a 1 st of stronger chemo) spent 3 weeks in hospital with a kidney problem, dehydration & temp spikes (couldn’t locate infection) had a stent put in his right kidney & I had to get him out of the hospital because of his anixety , the care was awful, & that’s another story. He came home & we couldn’t control his pain, St Luke’s hospice & his dr was helping, then his legs just kept giving way & they took him into St Luke’s short term ward to sort out pain relief, he went down hill so quickly, the care for him was fantastic & caring, not just for Paul, but for our 3 girls & 4 grandchildren.
he was surrounded with the people that loved him the most, when he passed awsy, I’m so lost & empty at the moment. Prostate cancer is so invasive & the government should do a lot more to pick it up early & let you men have quality time. For 18 months since he was diagnosed, all we did was have hospital appt. He was 63 & we’d been together for 46 years m, married for 41 years
Gillian
Your sadness is our sadness but we will be here for you whenever you need us.
Talk to anyone, talk to us, talk to professionals and your family and friends.
You are correct in what you say about early diagnosis and it being an easy and cost effective procedure, but for all of us with a diagnosis at stage 4 and few treatments possible - except the hospital intensive and dreadfully life changing and debilitating stronger chemos. It does feel like your tethered to your local hospital and there’s no escape.
Please keep talking and suggesting and venting here amongst friends. We know some of what you’ve gone through as the worried wife all that time. My Darling suffers as much as me, and like you, has no quality time with me either. I don’t know what you’re going through but I sympathise with your life partners passing.
Cry, talk and cry again. We will listen.
Hello Gillian
i am so very sorry to read your post and send you, your family and your friends my deepest condolences. It sounds as if Paul tried so hard to stay with you but this horrible disease was relentless in its progress. May he now rest in peace.
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Thank you
Paul fought until the end, & it was much quicker than expected but he’s out of pain. Were the ones hurting now
xx
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