maddie Cancer does not only consume the person diagnosed it also consumes the people that love them the most. You need to stay strong, stay positive and know in your heart that you are doing everything you possibly can to help your partner through this frightening and uncertain time. Make certain you hold nothing back and have no regrets. Talk openly about your fears and your hopes. Try and use this time as a way the two of you can become even closer, appreciate just being together and sharing life together. I wish you both lots of hope and good thoughts to help you both get through. Ness ... View more

My partner/best friend/love died of pancreatic cancer 5 1/2 weeks ago. I cannot come to terms with this yet. To admit his passing to myself is just to painful. I have 2 children also (10 and 13) and try my best to be brave in front of them. Other people also expect that you have come to terms with your loss and expect that you are doing ok. I do not admit to them that I am not. I have today joined this online group trying to come to terms with my loss amongst others who understand what I am going through. The only advice I have been given that holds true is take things one day at a time. My sincere best wishes to you in taking your loss one day at a time. ... View more

Even when you tell people that you are trying to be brave and carry on they still don't know what to say. My guess is that nobody understands unless they have lived through losing your love to such a deadly, gruesome disease that takes the life out of the person you love even before they have breathed their final breath. I know what you are going through, not many others do. I cry myself to sleep most nights with out photo next to my bed. I wake up in the morning and remind myself to breath and start my day. Been 5 1/2 weeks for me since my partner died and don't know how long it will be till I can come to terms with the loss... ... View more