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Kimmikatt

11/14/2023 at 8:17 PM

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Hi. My name is Kim. I have stage 2 iCCA cholangiocarcinoma. I had liver resection surgery on Aug 28 they took sections 2 and 3 of my liver. I started chemo September 27. 4 cycles of 21 days each cycle of gem/cap I'm tolerating it ok but my husband is, what I believe, is getting burned out. He's withdrawing, edgy, sleeping all the time and won't leave the house except for my appointments. He doesn't want me going anywhere because he doesn't want me to get sick because of my weakened immune system. I'm going nuts.

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11/15/2023 at 3:40 PM

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Hi @Kimmikatt

Thank you for introduction! Welcome to Carenity 🙂

I am sorry to hear about the friction that your condition is having on your relationship. This is very common and is a challenge many face. Let me tag a few people who may be able to share with you what they did.

@Poopsie61 @Ahmalinda @Beatthis @Jamiesue @Nancyce88 @Knixon24 @Satcherlisa @Alibtor98 @cynthia.matlock @Feli0126 @Akanana @Coonsie @Time4patty @DonnaD57 @Mike100% @Mliptak @Jecapa @Jschro2023 @Blevsey @DawnBush @DonnaRobin @Guillla @HollyP @Karkar @BarbiJ @Starcutr2 @Sandiko @edandcat59 @yes41210

Did your relationship change during your cancer battle? How? What did you do to overcome?

Take care,

Lizzi from the Carenity team

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DCline3dogs

02/18/2024 at 9:05 PM

I completely understand as I don’t have anyone to talk to also. I’m a widow & I live alone. My oldest son died in 2021 & my youngest son & his family live 3 hours. My father is dead & my mother has chronic back pain & is immobile. My younger sister lives with our mother & she is going through a divorce from her husband who abandoned her. My sister doesn’t visit me, help me, call me & rarely texts me. I have various cousins, a niece & nephew that are spread out in nearby states but are hours away from me. After I told my friends I had cancer, they quit contacting me. I have learned how to be my own care giver. It has been very difficult. I’ll admit I’ve been depressed, cried a lot, felt sorry for myself but I never gave up. I prayed & read my Bible everyday. Then I found cancer groups online like this one where I could share what I was going through & got empathetic responses. That really kept me going. I hope you find someone to talk to but I highly recommend the online cancer chat groups.

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