Needing Guidance

Hey, wondering if anyone could help with some guidance. My 40 year old wife starts treatment for stage 1 breast cancer tomorrow, and I need help in supporting her.

It seems like no matter what I do or say, it's the wrong thing and I only seem to inflame the situation every time. Things have degenerated to the stage where she says I make it clear that she's a burden to me, and that I feel I would be better off without her. She has further said she feels I hate our son as well, which is difficult to hear. 

I love them both so much, and nothing could be further from the truth. I try to tell my wife that but she claims I'm lying and I'm only with her out of a sense of duty and will shortly leave her when treatment begins. I can't claim to understand what she is facing but I can understand she's afraid and vulnerable and needing much better support from me.

Can anyone help with ideas of how I can get through to her that I'm with her no matter what? I can keep repeating how I feel until I'm blue in the face but she denies it, and worse then feels that I'm trying to control her. Should I just let her vent at me or should I try to find some way to make her see how I feel? The last thing I want to do is to make things worse and leave her feeling even more alone.

 

Thanks.

  • Hi,

    isnt it so difficult I really do feel for you I too cannot do right for doing wrong. We are only just starting on the treatment my boyfriend is 9th session of radiotherapy today and 3rd time of chemotherapy he has that once as week and radio Monday to Friday. He just is not coping and I feel I’m making it all worse by trying to give a reality check we’ve got a long way to go yet so why ever you can eat do so even if it does taste vile you need to get strong mentally for the fight ahead ️