Lonely place to be

Hi, my partner has stage 4 incurable cancer, we are relatively young with one teenage child. It’s 18 months into diagnosis and things are ok, partner still working and trying to keep things as normal as possible but is recently having fewer good days then bad. It’s so difficult to watch. I’m doing everything I can to support but I feel like am watching the world go by as we live in fear and darkness. I know it sounds a little extreme, but does anyone else feel this way. I’m not the priority here, my partner is but I need to be in good mental health so I can get through this and help my family through this.

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  • Im so sorry to hear this, it’s so hard to be positive  or even function normally at times when you’re living in fear. Have you thought about speaking to someone at your local hospice? It sounds really scary but it’s not just for the dying, it’s for helping people with life limiting conditions to live well and also supports family. Everything you’re feeling is normal under the circumstances, but there are wonderful people who have a lot of experience in this area who can support you both, 

    Take care, JCL xx

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  • Im so sorry to hear this, it’s so hard to be positive  or even function normally at times when you’re living in fear. Have you thought about speaking to someone at your local hospice? It sounds really scary but it’s not just for the dying, it’s for helping people with life limiting conditions to live well and also supports family. Everything you’re feeling is normal under the circumstances, but there are wonderful people who have a lot of experience in this area who can support you both, 

    Take care, JCL xx

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