Caring for my partner

My partner is coming home soon for palliative care, we are expats living in Italy. She has Adenocarcinoma in her brain after having lung cancer treatment a year ago.

Apart from the obvious unbelievable heart ache I would be very grateful for any advice that could be offered to help her.

 

 

  • Hi mccmcc,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat. I'm so sorry to read about your partner and no doubt you're in an incredibly tough situation and I can certainly understand your worries.

    The main thing to say is to get all the advice, support and information from your partner's doctor or specialist so that you have the guidance you need to best support your partner. From there try to take things one day at a time, make the most of any positive moments, and do your best to help her while also looking after yourself - which is important too.

    I can see you've spoken to others on here and so hopefully that has been helpful. I hope the forum can remain a support or outlet to you - or a simply a safe space to write down any thoughts or concerns.

    Wishing you all the best,

    Ben
    Cancer Chat Moderator