Cancer Men and Illness

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My Cancer bf of 10 months told me Weds night that he had a nosebleed earlier in the day and he'd never had one before. The next day as I was driving him to work it started gushing uncontrollably. Scariest thing I have ever seen in person. I ended up rushing him to the hospital. Blood work was fine and they got it under control. Blood pressure was super high. He also drinks and takes Adderall.

On the way home from the ER, he started to bleed again. Got it under control again at home it kept bleeding off and on throughout the night. He continued to drink and smoke despite me telling him that it was making it worse. I wanted to take him to the ER last night and the doctor this morning and he refused.

My question is, how do I handle him. With my ex Sag husband I would just be relentless until he caved. I get the sense this won't work with a Cancer. I tried being gentle but he wouldn't budge. I'm so worried about him and don't know what to do to help him. Any advice?
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Posted by ChrisIsKodak
Posted by confusedlibra78
My Cancer bf of 10 months told me Weds night that he had a nosebleed earlier in the day and he'd never had one before. The next day as I was driving him to work it started gushing uncontrollably. Scariest thing I have ever seen in person. I ended up rushing him to the hospital. Blood work was fine and they got it under control. Blood pressure was super high. He also drinks and takes Adderall.

On the way home from the ER, he started to bleed again. Got it under control again at home it kept bleeding off and on throughout the night. He continued to drink and smoke despite me telling him that it was making it worse. I wanted to take him to the ER last night and the doctor this morning and he refused.

My question is, how do I handle him. With my ex Sag husband I would just be relentless until he caved. I get the sense this won't work with a Cancer. I tried being gentle but he wouldn't budge. I'm so worried about him and don't know what to do to help him. Any advice?
Nitpick and guilt trip till success.

Don't use logic, use emotions on him to make him think.

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That's what I've been doing a bit. My usual MO is logic since I am very logical for a woman, lol. I just look at him a certain way and he looks super guilty, like he's been caught. He acted like a little kid. How long will this take?
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Posted by ChrisIsKodak
Posted by confusedlibra78
My Cancer bf of 10 months told me Weds night that he had a nosebleed earlier in the day and he'd never had one before. The next day as I was driving him to work it started gushing uncontrollably. Scariest thing I have ever seen in person. I ended up rushing him to the hospital. Blood work was fine and they got it under control. Blood pressure was super high. He also drinks and takes Adderall.

On the way home from the ER, he started to bleed again. Got it under control again at home it kept bleeding off and on throughout the night. He continued to drink and smoke despite me telling him that it was making it worse. I wanted to take him to the ER last night and the doctor this morning and he refused.

My question is, how do I handle him. With my ex Sag husband I would just be relentless until he caved. I get the sense this won't work with a Cancer. I tried being gentle but he wouldn't budge. I'm so worried about him and don't know what to do to help him. Any advice?
Nitpick and guilt trip till success.

Don't use logic, use emotions on him to make him think.

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What about crying? I was crying but didn't let him see it. Or telling him that it hurts me to see him sick?
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Posted by topes
Tell him at his age (I'm guessing 40ish) it's time to get off the grog and smokes. It's a selfish and stinking gross habit. It's all starting to catch up with him. Tick tock.

How do u put up with it.
He's 33, actually. He's a bartender and it's part of that life style . However, he's an addict and I can only do so much to help him. I was hoping this would wake him up.

Honestly, he's the same sober as he is when drinking, so it's easy to ignore that he has a problem at times