My Ex-partner has prostate cancer. How do I respond to him?

Posted by jayhall @jayhall, Dec 3, 2025

A few days ago my Ex partner, who I have not talked to in over 10 years contacted me and asked if he and I could get together and discuss his recent Prostate Cancer diagnosis. I did not tell him about my situation and I'm not planning on telling him. I told him that I would think about it and left it at that. I don't have the bandwidth to revisit our relationship and I'm certain that I don't want him dumping a lot of his BS on me ever again. Advice thoughts? etc? I just am at a loss about how to respond to him.

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jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | Dec 5, 2025

You could tell him to go to ancan.org and attend one of their meetings. They have meetings for low and intermediate as well as advanced. Just going to the website with given the information he needs, and he could even watch to some of the meetings.