Hello, I posted last night for the first time, but I didn’t introduce myself and the circumstances that my small family are in. My husband and I are older parents and we have our beautiful 18-year old son together. Our world has imploded in the last 2-weeks when sudden and unexpected tests, scans, and biopsies were done to my husband. We received the shattering news a few days ago that he has cancer of the oesophagus, that is also in the stomach. Yesterday afternoon we learnt that legions have been found in his liver. If this is confirmed as cancerous, he is only likely to have months to live. I am still recovering from a serious mental breakdown and our son has recently been diagnosed with autism (high functioning) and ADHD. I also received a late adult diagnosis of these same disabilities. My husband is the primary carer for our son because we reversed our roles during my pregnancy all those years ago, and I have been the sole breadwinner. Our son sees his Dad as his advocate, superhero, and role model and they are incredibly close, as is the three of us. We don’t have any other family in our area and our son is an only child. I am so scared - terrified beyond belief that we won’t get through this. How can we endure such heartbreak? How will we get through the gut wrenching process of this tragedy? Our hearts are broken and we are planning to inform our son in a few days time of this news that will destroy his life and devastate him forever. I literally feel like I am cracking up.
