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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]my wife was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2004. After many surgeries, chemo rounds and radiation, she passed in 2016.
It certainly crossed my mind many times, but I was raising our kid .
My secretary understood and took care of my physical & emotional  needs that enabled me to stay as the caretaker.
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I'm not surprised that you considered divorcing her while on and off sick. You are a man. We see this all the time. Men are apparently incapable of of putting somebody before themselves.[/quote]

PP, I am a woman and my husband has an incurable disease. Please speak with some compassion. [b]You don't know what it is like to be a long term caregive[/b]r. [/quote]

You really don't know, unless you've been there.[/quote]

It's true. The stress is unreal! [/quote]

How do you support your ill spouse while you feel you are drowning yourself under the stress of caring for the kids, yourself, holding a job, managing your household, all without support from your family? [/quote]

You do your best and live a life of quiet desperation.

That's what I do, anyway.[/quote]

Thanks. Some days I accept that this limbo is my life forever. Other days I am crushed by the weight of it all. [/quote]

Caregivers are allowed their boundaries. You draw your line in the sand and what you are willing to do, what you are willing to give up if you choose to stay. Never ending roller coasters, anger and guilt, sacrifices. Some find happiness nevertheless, the others who cannot have the right, even the duty, to walk away.  [/quote]

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