Nelie --

A similar thing happened to a friend of mine many years ago -- she had serious breast cancer (well, it's always serious but this was diagnosed late and back when treatments were very very radical). She was very, very sick. Her husband, whom she had supported unconditionally in his career as a big-name correspondent for a major news magazine, couldn't handle the fact that now SHE needed support. So he walked out. Like that. And left her with the cancer and the pieces.

With her friends and family she made it through treatment. She went on and had a great life -- I used to show her dog at the big dog shows, and we had a lot of fun over the years. It was her husband that was a loser! (and showed himself to be a creep, too...).

You will get through this, too -- we are all rooting for you!

Gail