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Need help in how to talk to partner about my cancer

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I have stage 4 Unknown Primary. My husband has been by my side through this long fight (2017). He has never let me go through a treatment or scan, surgery or anything alone. With that being said I often feel alone. Recently I had 2 new brain tumors treated with radiation and a lymph node below the esophagus. I will have a scan next month to see how the treatment worked. I am getting tired. I worry about him and how he will be if he is alone. I have built a what if file to assist him but I only hope he has a good support when I am gone. To be honest it has been very hard on our relationship. This is something I didn't expect. We are in totally different places. I am not the person I was before the cancer that is for sure. It has been my heaviest burden. I wish you and your wife strength and peace. God Bless. Stay strong.

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@kr60cup, starting a “what if” file, is a constructive and helpful idea. My dad did that for my mom for all the things he took care of. It became a useful and cherished booklet for my mom.

It is hard to think of leaving loved ones and how they will manage. It will be hard for both. You mention that you are at different places. Are you referring to different places of acceptance of the disease and the future?