Keeping it Together When Your Wife Has Cancer

Life gets complicated in so many ways when you are a caregiver to someone with cancer. How to cope.April 5, 2015 by Michael Stalter
I faced and overcame many struggles caring for my wife during her 17 and a half year battle with cancer. Often I felt like a single parent to our two young children. I had to manage our household while holding down a high-level job and caring and advocating for Mary during her breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, and eventual death. I shared that story in a book titled Still Have Faith.You may not have thought about it unless it has happened to you, but life changes when a person is told “You have cancer.” Not only does life change for the patient, but also for the family members, especially the caregiver.Read the full story