On the morning of 7th October 2023 my best friend and husband of 42 years and 2 months took his last breath. He had mesothelioma, a terminal cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. After nearly 2 years the place where he was exposed finally communicated and admitted liability. That was just a few days before he died.
For 2 years we struggled and tried to make some memories. He was relatively stable for a year but when the cancer started to grow he was advised to start immunotherapy. This has only recently been licensed for mesothelioma and, for many, has helped to prevent the cancer from growing and people have continued to live a good life for more than a decade.
Sadly that was not true for my husband. He suffered side effects from the day after the first treatment in April this year. We do not yet have a final cause of death and there is an inquest in February.
I now have 2 young adults with disabilities to care for alone. The youngest has severe mental health issues and is now missing again. She is very vulnerable but slips through any support programs.
There is so much more but I suspect most people will have given up reading by now so I’ll just leave this here and prepare a roast to take to my eldest who is housebound due to chronic pain.
Sending love and prayers please keep writing on here Nina don’t bottle it up Say whatever you need someone’s always here to listen and support you x
@Nina2 continue to post and to unload as much or as little as you feel comfortable with. We are all doing through difficult times and I for one have found this forum so useful to just me able to express myself and not feel that I am being judged. Sometimes I can post very positive posts, the next day I am full of negativity and sadness. I feel that even if no one reads my posts I have a way of expressing my emotions
It has been an awful day. I’ve been in tears most of the day. My daughter was found by her boyfriend, she told him she’d be back later, but she’s not. Two days without anti psychotic medication. I’m so afraid I’m going to have the police at the door telling me she’s dead.
@Nina2 my heart goes out to you. It’s bad enough suffering the loss of your husband without having the worry about your daughter. I sincerely hope that she turns up safely.
She was returned by ambulance about 1.15. I’ve spoken to her but she’s not entirely sure what has happened.