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Terminal sinus cancer just diagnosed

Stuartm
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Hi all

2 days ago after months of symptoms with my vision in one eye and nose bleeds I was finally diagnosed with a rare cancer called parasinal cancer which sadly has spread too much to be operable imcluding to the brain .  I am due to have chemo starting tommorow to reduce the symptoms 

at only 49 years old and in prior good health the shock of this diagnosis i am finding totally incomprehensible and impossible to deal with. All my wife and I have done is cry and cry the last 2 days and I can't fathom how anyone can possibly come to terms with this. I am a constant ball of anxiety which isn't helped by the corona virus meaning I am trapped indoors 

I just don't feel I can cope.  I want to have hope something can be done but can't see past the worst case scenario as it is not curable 

3 months ago I had a great life with my wife of 4 years and we had plans for the future.  Now everything feels horrific and getting out of bed in the morning seems pointless.  I am lost and scared and just feel unable to handle this at all

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    Stuartm

    i am so so sorry ... this is awful. Cancer is so cruel, so mean ... you are so young to have to deal with this ... any cancer diagnosis is awful but to be told it's 'inoperable' as well is just the saddest. I truly wish every cancer was operable. Hopefully the chemo will work for you though so while you're being treated there is still hope. I feel for your wife too ... my mother has been diagnosed with colon cancer at stage 4 probably also inoperable as well not sure yet but not holding out much hope as she is 72 and diabetic . We've cried a lot too and very worried and the virus is making these situations so much worse. 
    Don't  give up. I'm wishing  you Strength in these difficult times. Take care & be safe both of you.

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    Stuartm

    i am so so sorry ... this is awful. Cancer is so cruel, so mean ... you are so young to have to deal with this ... any cancer diagnosis is awful but to be told it's 'inoperable' as well is just the saddest. I truly wish every cancer was operable. Hopefully the chemo will work for you though so while you're being treated there is still hope. I feel for your wife too ... my mother has been diagnosed with colon cancer at stage 4 probably also inoperable as well not sure yet but not holding out much hope as she is 72 and diabetic . We've cried a lot too and very worried and the virus is making these situations so much worse. 
    Don't  give up. I'm wishing  you Strength in these difficult times. Take care & be safe both of you.

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