Why Cancer Patients Push Loved Ones Away

[radnyc]

I personally preferred to be left alone, people buzzing around me brought me down. Please let the person going through the disease deal with it the way they feel best.

https://www.roswellpark.org/cancertalk/ ... -ones-away

[Gravelyguy]

Interesting read. I know I felt guilty during treatment as I was used to being the helper. I think my wife and I are still getting through some of this 1 1/2 years after the last treatment.

Dave

[claudine]

It's something that my mother in law has a really hard time dealing with (my husband is one who prefers to be left alone). She doesn't live nearby but is texting him daily, with lots of support messages and loving emojis which drive him crazy (I mean, he's 53...). I've totally accepted his wanting to be left alone; I drop him off at chemo, pick him up when it's over. We don't talk about his cancer much (if at all), per his choice. Which is why this forum is very important, as it provides me with an outlet...