Lost

My husband is in his mid sixties. He has advanced prostate cancer. That’s all I know. He doesn’t want to know anything else and won’t tell me anything at all. 
I have lived with the fear of th unknown for six years and imagine all sorts of I do. Now know that it has spread but I don’t know anything else. 
I feel traumatised by the very real fear of losing him and half insane because I don’t know anything and don’t know how to react. 
I am beginning to realise that I can’t cope with this on top of being so frightened. 
I am a bag of nerves and every time he doesn’t look well I don’t know what to do. 
I am completely lost in every sense of the word. 

  • Hi Rish,

    A very warm welcome to the forum.

    This must be so hard for both of you. Your husband is probably trying to protect you by not telling you anything. Have you tried talking to him about how shut out you feel? He may think that he is protecting you, but he is wrong. It is so much easier when you are no longer dealing with the unknown and are aware of what is happening. Many people don't want to know any more and that is fair enough. He can still give his doctors permission to speak to you and they can then talk to you about his prognosis. If he doesn't agree to this, then there is nothing that his doctors can do, as he is protected by the Data Protection Act.

    Do you have any family who could explain to him, how difficult you are finding all this and who could maybe persuade him to change his stance? It would be so much easier for him to go through this if you could both talk about it and support one another.

    We are always here for you.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx