Lonely

I was diagnosed with lung cancer over a year ago. I had 15 hours worth of groundbreaking surgery where I was for 5 weeks as everything that could go wrong from the surgery did, except dying. I had chemo after that, then PET scan end November last year which revealed cancer had come back in 5 different places in my body, the biggest tumor being in my adrenal gland which is about 5cm big now. I was told I have months to maybe a year to live. I am now having immunotherapy every 3 weeks. I was in a new relationship when I got the news which ended it, and now I think the worst thing is loneliness not having somebody close to me. My wife of 20 years died of Leukaemia 6 years ago, she used to have her blood transfusions where I have my chemo which was hard to start with. I try to go out as much as poss but most days I don't really want to, my ex is supportive of me but she has her own life and boyfriend so don't like asking much of her. She was with me all through and months after, I ended it when I found out the cancer had come back as she has had a lot of deaths lately of close friends and family, I felt it was unfair to burden my illness on her anymore, she nearly had a breakdown while I was in there. Not really sure where to go next.

  • Hay there ...

    You'll always find a friend on here ... your not alone ... you could start a little blog .. just writs how you feel , like you were just chatting to someone .. and you can say anything ... it's like a "safe place" where we all come, because we've all been touched by cancer ...

    If you call McMillan and they are there monday to fri .. ask them if there's a groop you could join .. just to get out ... I know you probly don't want too .. but being with others going through this journey of ours may help a little ... 

    I'm on here most days .. so you can just vent at life or just chat , that's fine ... and you may meet others on here that feel alone too .. it's a hard old road , even with support .. so my heart goes out to you ... and to care enough for your ex to send her away so she doesn't hurt too , is something quite a few do .. 

    You can look at other threads and if there's one you can relate to, you will be helping others too .. there's always someone who would love an answer , even if it's just to say you care ... 

    Sending you a vertual hug. . Chrissie xx