Relationship Breakdown

I need some advice please, my husband was diagnosed with a brain tumour back in July 2022, he underwent chemotherapy straight away, this finished in November and everything was going well, he was cheerful and everything was good with us, he went in for the final part of his treatment in January for a stem cell transplant.  When he came out of hospital, he was really struggling physically and mentally, he was like a different person, he would get angry, mood swings, very depressed and it took its toll on us, I struggled and we began to argue when I had to tell him his salary would be stopping at the end of April, we both said things which we probably shouldn't have, he has savings but refused to use this to help at this difficult time, I became resentful, and this took away from caring and supporting him in his recovery, anyway, fast forward, 3 weeks ago, and he announced he was packing his clothes and moving to his mums for a temporary separation, at the time, I thought it was probably a good idea to get space but since then, I am devastated and want him back home but he says he needs this space, we still speak but it's all necessary things such as appointments, phone calls and our 10 year old son who he doesn't make a lot of effort with either, I have since apologised for allowing the financial problem to stop being emotionally supportive as I should have been, it was just very hard, no timescale has been set, he is about to gave his final scan which I take him too, he has a fear the cancer has not gone, a fear it will never go, his licence was revoked due to the type of cancer which means his job is also gone, I dont know how to handle this now, do I just allow him to have the space? How long for? We have a holiday booked for August which I have doubts he will now come on, I dont know to handle this, I am carrying guilt but it was not intentional, it has just been a very hard few months, please help 

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  • Have you got a Maggie's centre attached t the hospital or even in your city/town? If so, I would strongly urge you to go speak with a councillor there. Or maybe Macmillan's might be able to help.

    Do not keep ploughing through it as you are, thinking things will get better because maybe it won't unless you seek some sort of intervention.

    I too am a carer and I'm not gonna sugar coat it, it can be tough for all concerned. My partner and I have had a few arguments too. But we got past them. Our relationship was strained at the beginning like never before. Because i didn't want to make it about me, i removed myself from the situation a few times and went for walks. 9/10 those issues would have disappeared by time i returned home.

    However, as your husband's cancer is affecting his brain, i have no idea if that may be contributing to his change of personality. Cancer can change the most reasonable person into an argumentative machine without it even affecting that part of the brain.

    But yeah, seek help.

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  • Have you got a Maggie's centre attached t the hospital or even in your city/town? If so, I would strongly urge you to go speak with a councillor there. Or maybe Macmillan's might be able to help.

    Do not keep ploughing through it as you are, thinking things will get better because maybe it won't unless you seek some sort of intervention.

    I too am a carer and I'm not gonna sugar coat it, it can be tough for all concerned. My partner and I have had a few arguments too. But we got past them. Our relationship was strained at the beginning like never before. Because i didn't want to make it about me, i removed myself from the situation a few times and went for walks. 9/10 those issues would have disappeared by time i returned home.

    However, as your husband's cancer is affecting his brain, i have no idea if that may be contributing to his change of personality. Cancer can change the most reasonable person into an argumentative machine without it even affecting that part of the brain.

    But yeah, seek help.

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