Aw Isis.
Do not feel bad about your tears and your need for support. Cancer is a scary thing and leaves us feeling pretty powerless and helpless. So I think crying is an appropriate response.
Sexual/reproductive cancers were up till a few years ago cloaked in silence and embarassment. Good on your partner for being able to deal with it frankly. In the early years of the AIDS movement there was an expression `Silence=Death` which basically means if we do not talk about AIDS then we will die from AIDS.
I think it fits for many things.
No one flinches at the mention of breast cancer now, but a lot of people have been mobilized for a lot of years to make sure we can talk about it openly and in so doing, we can save lives. Same with testicular cancer, prostrate, uterine, and colon cancers.
Sounds like you are both in a good space to deal with this, not that anyone should ever have to, but you have each other, and it sounds like you have great family and community around you.
Never hesitate to reach out to them when you need to!
Consider it cashing in on years of xmas and birthday gifts (time for PAYBACK!!!).
I will be thinking good thoughts for your partner and praying-thinking of his testicles... wait a minute, I think that came out wrong!!!
Hugs,
Bruce
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