How to handle a stressful marriage after parotid gland cancer treatment?

I'm soo sorry!!! Happy Birthday 🎉🎉💐🎁🥰‼️🎂😘🥳🥳

Thank you

Happy 75th birthday! Dealing with relationship stress during cancer recovery can feel overwhelming, especially when it seems like the support needed isn't there. After going through such a challenging treatment, it's completely understandable to feel frustrated when everyday interactions add stress rather than comfort. Consider having a calm conversation about how this dynamic affects your health and recovery, or perhaps couples counseling could provide a neutral space to work through these long-standing patterns. Many couples find that major health events can strain relationships in unexpected ways, and professional guidance can help navigate these difficult waters while protecting your wellbeing.

Happy Birthday Frank! I'm sorry you're going through this craziness. My entire immediate family has been gone for years, I'm divorced & widowed. My few wonderful friends are very sensitive to my poor prognosis and when talking to them, I try to steer the conversations back to our fun-filled, beautiful past lives. Not sure about your wife's state of mind, but I do know that most anger is driven by fear. Our senior center has low-cost or free counseling for grief and major illness, that I will be starting very soon. Good luck and may God Bless you and your family on your journey. -Susan

Your health is very important get her. Professional help

Happy birthday my God bless you 🙏🙏🎁

Happy Birthday! I’m sorry about your wife. She needs professional help. I also have salivary gland cancer. The radiation caused me to lose teeth and some bone in my jaw. I also have severe Trismus which makes it very difficult to eat. I now have two opposing opinions about what to do next and I’m trying to decide who to see or what to do next. Fortunately, I have a very supportive guy in my life.

I have had surgery, radiation and chemo for parotid gland cancer. Neck lymph nodes facial and neck nerves also removed. This January had surgery for small tumor on the carotid artery. It turns out it wasn't cancer, but my neck didn't heal because of radiation fibrosis. They did a second surgery that used my major pectoral muscle to add to my neck and carotid artery. My vocal cord was damaged so now I have to get treatments that may or may not restore my voice. I fear the return of cancer and further surgical surprises. I will be 80 soon. My spouse is deceased. I'm trying to be positive. Hang in there and have a talk with your wife. Seek counseling if necessary 😊

Marcelle, hang in there!

Happy birthday, Frank!

Thank you everyone, so I am having my remaining teeth removed on Thursday 4/16 and 2 full arch implants. Just in time I almost swallowed 2 teeth that just feel out of place, the scary part was when I was eating yogurt and I thought there was a pit in it but it was an actual screw from a post, thank goodness I didn’t swallow it. If you need a GREAT Dentist, I am going to Forever Smile in Hauppauge Dr Givert is awesome, there are several Different locations. I’m supposedly going home with a set of new teeth, same day. Good luck everyone.

Happy birthday. Sorry u r having a bad time she should be lucky her husband is still around

Happy Birthday, Frank. Wishing you 100+ happy, healthy birthdays 🎂🥂🍾 Cent’ Anni