Chemotherapy

Husbands been diagnosed with stage 4 diffuse large B cell lymphoma he's had his first chemotherapy session and has now decided that he doesn't want to put his body through this process I have tried my best not to influence his decision I've told him it's his body his choice and I will support him whatever he decides it's just difficult seeing him so weak the chemotherapy has left him very fatigued and he has a constant feeling of wanting to be sick I have told him to speak with his team before he makes his mind up he is only 55 and the dr did tell him without treatment it was terminal I suppose I just need to vent I'm feeling broken xx

  • Hi Gina, this is so hard for you both.  My husband has incurable lung cancer and without chem and radiotherapy would have died.  There were many times when he was so sick with the treatments that I wondered if we had chosen the right route, he was 71 years old and is now 74 and receives immunotherapy which is palliative.  We still had a quality of life, the children wanted him to live and we could see it was the way forward.  So it will be a struggle but it's his decision.  I've written a daily blog since 2017 on how we coped with it all, there were dark times but more good times.  Your state of mind goes a long way and he should realise that you should make this big decision together with all the facts in front of you.  I wish you well for the future decisions you make, Carol x