Bowel cancer, secondary liver cancer

Hi anyone,

My ex husband (40) was diagnosed with bowel cancer at Christmas, stage 4, spread to his liver and was in 36 of the 40 lymph nodes they took out! 
 

We have 4 children together and I'm just wondering how everyone in a similar situation helped their children through it. Being the Ex I'm not sure I get all the information, although he assures me he will tell me everything, but what if he's not asking the questions because he doesn't want to know? It's hard knowing what to tell the children when I'm unclear of the whole picture myself. 
 

At the moment they've told him the liver is not operable, but he's only had 3 rounds of chemo so that may change. If anyone reading this has a similar diagnosis and has more info, I'd be really grateful. 
 

2 of my children are really struggling with anxiety so I really need to get them some help. 
many advice would be greatly received. 

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  • I'm sorry about your ex's cancer diagnosis Brownbag and the anxiety this is causing your children.

    We have a lot of parents on the forum who know how tricky this situation can be so you're not alone and I'm sure some members of our community will be along soon to share their experiences and advice.

    In the meantime, I hope this information we have on how to support children whose parents have cancer will prove useful. The charity Young Minds have some handy tips on how to help a child with anxiety just here but your GP may be able to provide you with some resources to help your children as well.

    Kind regards,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

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  • I'm sorry about your ex's cancer diagnosis Brownbag and the anxiety this is causing your children.

    We have a lot of parents on the forum who know how tricky this situation can be so you're not alone and I'm sure some members of our community will be along soon to share their experiences and advice.

    In the meantime, I hope this information we have on how to support children whose parents have cancer will prove useful. The charity Young Minds have some handy tips on how to help a child with anxiety just here but your GP may be able to provide you with some resources to help your children as well.

    Kind regards,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

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