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what should I be doing? OH is in Palliative Care.

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myolivetree · 15/06/2021 18:07

My OH has terminal cancer. Treatment stopped about 6 weeks ago. He is going to die and is getting weaker and thinner. We have not asked for a time scale.

I have 4 DC the youngest is 14, Then 20, 25, 27.

What should I be doing? What will I wish we had done or what planning, practical or emotional should I be doing? What needs to be done or said?

My head is in the bin. Please wise people can you give me advice?

OP posts:
LuvMyBubbles · 01/07/2021 13:24

How are you going OP?

Borntobeamum · 05/07/2021 11:25

I’m so sad to read this. I’d just want to sit holding hands, let others who offer help step up and help.
Lay together and just be in the moment.
Wishing you love and light x x

sunglassesonthetable · 20/08/2021 00:01

@LuvMyBubbles

Hi Thank you so much for asking.

We are grinding along in our strange bubble.

It's devastatingly sad and unreal but also numbingly dull and uneventful.

My OH is painfully thin, sleeps and rests a lot. But still gets up everyday and gets dressed.

He is generally low and quite impatient. Who'd blame him? Though not really in pain. He eats very very little. It is hard work for everyone.

We've been tired with vis

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