Rollercoaster: my husband was diagnosed with terminal cancer and I feel I am walking on eggshells

My husband was diagnosed with terminal cancer 12 months back he is 56 we both decided to give up our jobs ,lots of tears and upset at the beginning we haven’t wanted a prognosis or time frame he is well overall I am my husbands career I attend hospital appointments etc and support him at the min he is suffering from anxiety and I’m sorry I’m a very patient person but at the min it is really getting me down as he is distancing himself from me and is quite moody and angry he doesn’t speak to me much and today he as said I don’t listen to anything he says so that’s the reason he is shutting me off I have tried to say I’m here to support you and we are a team ,I speak calmly to him and at times I feel I’m walking on egg shells he speaks nicely with other people and they only see half hour of it were as I see all the time I’m really struggling at the min and I’m getting depressed  and down with his behaviour and I’m feeling very lonely I don’t say anything to him as I can see it is him what this is happening too and can’t imagine what is going on in his head but I just feel so sad at the min and feel like I’m living with a stranger we have been together 35 years please any advice on what to do xxx

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  • Hi love I went through something similar only my partner was the lucky one after the operation for tongue cancer but spread they managed to operate and remove it when he came home he would as you sa not talk to me go to bed and stay their life at home wasn't to good at all it was as if he blamed me at the same time my poor mum was diagnosed with cervical cancer but it was to far gone for anythng to help her she died two weeks later I began to recent him but kept it inside he was treating me like this and my mum passed away in the end I went the doctor and just let it all out how I felt hw angry I felt that this man I was helping doing everything for was treating me as if I wasn't their or had feeling and needed someone to talk to the doctor put me on some antidepressants these did elp the next day I received a call from carer's UK and asked if I would like to sign up she done it over the phone she then referred me to my local council for help they could offer I was then offerd carer's come in and give him his feed as he had to be feed through a peg I use to even just meet a friend and have a coffee and a chat and honesty it helped I only done it every third week but I loked forward to it and me not being in the house for that 2 hours he said he missed me and became more appropriate so what you need to do is reach out their is help out their don't forgot you need t look after yourself as well stay strong love sending hugs ️ 

  • Thank you so much for the reply xxx

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