We have recently found out that a very close family member has advanced postate cancer. I am trying to be strong and not ahi show how scared I am but I'm so broken inside.
I'm really sorry to hear that a close member of your family has been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. We have a few members here who have experience of this diagnosis and hopefully some of them will be along soon to offer their support. I have also included some information about advanced prostate cancer for you to have a look at which I hope will helpe make things seem a little bit less scary.
Its one of the worst bits of news you will ever here the dreaded word cancer, even with advanced cancer there are treatments for it, he may not be curable but very treatable.
I say this because I myself have advanced PC which in my case went metastistic in my shoulder and rib. That was over a year ago, I've had all the treatments and although I have a few issues I am battling but being positive helps.
It will be difficult it's not an easy journey he has to go through, he might go into a shell because of this, that's when family and friends are needed to help him get through this there will be lots of bad times when he has the medication, it affects everyone differently, let's hope not him.
Its important not to smile and give all the encouragement you can even if he shuns it, keep strong and positive like I say this is treatable.
My partner has recently been diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma, and at the moment, i feel like the whole world is falling apart around us, He is my soul mate, my bestfriend and my absolute world, and this has hit so hard its unreal. I cant say that ive ever felt a pain like it before.
I feel selfish, selfish in the fact that im falling apart, ive cried more in the last week then what i have in the last year. He's holding it together, hes the strong one. I need to be strong for him, and im struggling so much.
There is nothing in this world that can prepare you for the words "Yes, you have Cancer, im so sorry." hearing the doctor say that to somebody who means the absolute world to you is indescribable, there are no words to even cover it.
The amount of people that keep saying "you need to be strong, it will be ok" How do they know that its going to be ok? Can they see into the future?
People keep saying that you need to talk to somebody, it will make you feel better. Like *** does it. It makes you feel worse that you've said out loud what is bottling up in your brain, now it out there in the open people think that it will make everything better.
I have never been so heartbroken, so upset, so lost, so angry and with so many questions floating around in my head about what to do, whats going to happen. Terrified does not even cover this. It is a whole new level of terrified that is so scary and unknown.
And im so scared of what is going to happen, and I wish I could take it away from him so he doesnt have to go through any of it. I would give my every living being to stop this happening to him, i really do.
you are the double of my wife, she hates talking about the C word if it comes up on telly we have to flick the channel. When I was told my wife went historical it took over ten minutes just to calm her down a little, even then my wife wept heavily.
My wife would change places with me in an instant, we are extremely close, we don't really go out so although we are a friendly couple we do not have friends as such, just my daughters and sisters, who worry about me all the time. We have a saying Me and you just us two, that's the way it's been for thirty five years.
People say you need to speak to some one and you will get that a lot, it's going over the same thing it does not change what will happen to your partner.
There are. Many people on here who will give you all the comfort, backing, help, you need. Never think your alone.
my wife is terrified of me doing any thing that might strain or injure me bless her, we men are to easy going, it's you ladies that worry more for us, if he is to start his treatment soon, my advice is have a holiday now as when he starts the treatment it will weaken him.
I am not the best at giving out advice as I am the one with PC but I hope you both stay together as long as possible.
