Not coping

Hi this is a long one.partner has stage 4 bowel cancer with mets to spine ,lung and aortic area,as well as a large tumour to the bowel.my partner can hardly walk due to odema in groin and private area .he looks alful lost so much weight and in lots of pain and basically looks like his on deaths door .spoke to oncology nurse thursday and it was sugga spell in the local hospice would benefit him .for 1 his ignoring how poorly is and 2 his started being absolutely vile towards me to the point im always in tears over it .i cannot carry on like this anymore due to it affecting me mentally.i thought i was strong but im not .i have told his daughters how he is behaving and swearing at me ,but still no help ….mcmillan nurse is coming Wednesday to discuss things but i feel im at the stage now i cannot deal with it . Has anyone been in this situation?

  • Im so sorry , my husband passed a mobth ago, so i have been distracted. Im happy to chat to you denise, its a real struggle and if i can help i will.

  • I lost my partner last month. I buried him 3 days ago. I made it through. I held on , like i always had for 30 years, and somehow i got through. It was tough and horrible and wonderful . My partners behaviour was wrong, and i had every right to leave. But now i see it was his pain, his desperation, his fear coming out. Its ugly and hurtful. Like life, its messy, but if you have support and systems of coping in place, you can get through. I have adhd and my oversensitivity made it hell. Get help, get therapy, do not take their words on board, they dont mean it. Get out plenty, uae black humour, do whatever you need to survive. 

    If you cant go through it, thats fine too, we are all different. I took my own life half way through this journey, not just because of the cancer, more to do with undiognosed adhd, i was in a coma for 3 days. I was told it was a miracle i survived. We are stronger than we kmow. I will never kill myself again, i was blessed with life. Dont let the darkness get you. Seek help. I am alwsyd happy to chat. I adorrd my partner for 30 years . Now i have a new life to find once i have grieved. I am excited, i derserve happiness.kevin will always be with me in my heart.

    Be strong, cry, shout, let it out, runaway, breathe, take time, then try agsin, if they are deserving and you want to. Good luck my friends.xx