 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Can you try to get some "family" help? If your husband doesnt want to participate, the family counseling would still help you and your children. It would give you some ideas on how to better handle your husband during all of this. Many treatment centers offer mental health support for both the patient and their families.
Best wishes!!!
PS... If you could somehow get your husband to sign over power of attorney for his medical care then you could better call the shots. I would imagine this would be pretty hard to do. But maybe you could approach him as saying if he was too ill to speak for himself then you could get him the help him he needed.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
