Hi - I am new to this site, but was wanting to share my husband's story somewhere and with others that may have had a similar experience. My husband was well and fit, and had an enlarged spleen two years ago. Doctors were baffled, but eventually believed him to have Myelofibrosis, a rare blood cancer. Things went on okay until his spleen became too big and after some oral chemo, he had his spleen removed in December 2011. After this, his health deteriorated and he was a regular visitor to hospital, often needing blood transfusions every second day, and eventually daily. Whilst waiting for a bone marrow transplant, he developed acute myeloid leukeamia. That was two months ago, and my husband sadly passed away four weeks ago as his immune system did not recover from the chemo. His journey through cancer was sad (as is everyone's) and he became very sick, a shadow of his former self. He died at home, as was his wish, as he wanted to spend his last few days with our young son, rather than seeing him for brief visits in the hospital.
I am at a loss to say what this experience has been like for me, except that I am in awe of my husband's courage. He didnt complain even when very sick and in pain. It has been four weeks since he passed away, I think of him all the time and am full of regret and sadness about what might have been. My heart goes out to everyone who has lost someone to cancer.
