"Being cheated on was so much more painful than cancer," says leukemia survivor Emilee Aubrey, who caught her boyfriend messaging a close friend, soliciting explicit photos shortly after Aubrey received a bone-marrow transplant. Needless to say, that relationship ended. But the damage was long-lasting.
In a recent feature for Popsugar, editor Chandler Plante talks to Aubrey and two other women about the ups and downs of surviving cancer and the end of a relationship.
"He wanted to get married, have kids, move to the suburbs, and felt like me having stage 4 breast cancer was inhibiting him from doing so," says breast cancer survivor Mairead Ryan. "Simply put, he broke up with me because I have stage 4 breast cancer."
For cancer breakups the grief is twofold, combining an incredibly physical battle and an emotional one. But healing is not impossible. From the hardest parts to the silver linings, three survivors share their experiences.
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