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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would basically expect, both based on what I'd want and what my DH has shown in the past, that DH would drop everything and do absolutely everything for me he possibly could.

I had several serious surgeries while we were dating and I remember him standing right outside the shower with a towel open, and him getting the water at the right temp before walking me over to it, he handled all meals, got people to visit when I was bored, kept them away when I couldn't deal, bought me stupid mags to read, everything. He outsourced french-braiding my hair, but that's about it. So I would expect the same if I had cancer, with the addition of taking care of the baby. [/quote]

The difference between surgeries and cancer is HUGE. With surgeries, when it is over, it is over. Cancer is really never over. And cancer treatments last a long time….So, for many spouses, it's hard to keep up the caregiving for months or years. And if there are kids involved, it's hard on everyone even more.

It is very different when you are dating and if it is a surgery that you are going to recover from.[/quote]

+1.  Surgery is a few weeks to a few months.  Cancer is a lifetime.  Scans and uncertainty [/quote]

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