r/cancer • u/Mary-Jan • Nov 28 '23

Death My husband died yesterday

After 1 year and 9 months tortious battle with cancer (SCC of unknown primary.) My beloved husband died at home with me. We battled this horrible experience alone. Friends and family just disappeared from our lives through this time. No one showed up to see if I needed help before he died and NO ONE SHOWED UP upon hearing of his death.

This is really what starting over looks like I guess.

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u/damageddude 46 y/o wife stage 4 breast cancer in liver; passed June '17 Nov 28 '23

Sorry. My wife and I chose to go alone but she had a steady stream of visitors her last days as she neared/entered hospice. The funny thing was, aside from hospice, I don’t think we told anyone how close we were to the end (heck, we didn’t even know).