Then a year after that, my 29-year-old partner was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and immediately admitted to the hospital. But the incompatibilities I was noticing had made me start to question if the relationship would last long-term. At the same time, throughout 2021, my partner also started having a lot of strange medical symptoms, especially for a healthy man in his late 20s, all while insisting he was fine. During his treatment, I became his caregiverThe pandemic was still in full swing, and all of our family and friends still lived across the country. Within a matter of days, I went from telling my boyfriend to go to the doctor to becoming a full-time cancer caregiver.

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