Are you in the UK? If so, then you may have come into contact with Macmillan Support, who will advise you. If you need practical respite from care at home - especially at night - then the Marie CurieNursingng Service provide free nursing care to enable the carer/ spouse to get some rest, especially through the night. Cancerbackup UK are also a wonderful source of information and have a very helpfull booklet, which you can either send for or download from their website.
info@cancerbackup.org.uk or info@mariecurie.org.uk
Take care of yourself, as well as your wife.
You guys have advice or suggestions for a spouse coping with his wife's severe stage of breast cancer?
You sound like a caring helpful spouse.
Ozgirl had some good advice about cancer support groups - they REALLY are helpful and non-judgemental giving sensible advice. If you live elsewhere look under Contacts on www.after-cancer.com, in case there is a group near you.
This website also have some helpful information under Treats.
Good luck to you both.
Verite R
. You guys have advice or suggestions for a spouse coping with his wife's severe stage of breast cancer?
I lost my wife to breast cancer. My advice is to live each day by telling yourself to put one foot in front of the other. That's what I had to do, for example, brush my teeth, take a shower, get dressed, etc. If I thought of the whole day it was so depressing so all I could do was one step at a time. It helped.
domy due it alonr i delkt with mom ( throat cancer ) by myself for a yrear she is detotiating and i am a basket case ( suvidal at times ) He should try and hire finf prople to help early on not lret it spiral like i duid
Treat her as if she isn't dying. Do normal things as much as possible. Join a support group. It's tough.
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