My daughter was diagnosed with cancer and she completely shut me and her father out. It Felt like a double gut punch. No medical info updates for weeks. However, we did receive several communications telling us and her siblings that her husband would take care of “his” family and stay away and don’t contact her. No acknowledgment that she’s our family too. I felt that fighting about this would just increase her stress so I shut up and locked up my heart for a couple months. After completely backing off and praying intensely, some communication has now begun. I was blindsided by all this because before the cancer we had what I perceived as a neutral uncontentious relationship. No arguments or fights. Has she hated me all along and hidden it? Has her husband hated her family all along and hidden it? We’re swallowing our anger (and pride) accepting this treatment because there are grandchildren involved whom we love and want to see again. Does cancer stress take the veil off relationships? Does it create new relationship problems?