Dear Abby: My partner has cancer but refuses to acknowledge my health issues

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A reader writes to Dear Abby about feeling neglected by their partner, who is battling cancer but refuses to acknowledge the reader's own health struggles. The partner's illness has apparently absorbed all the emotional space in the relationship, leaving the reader feeling unsupported and invisible. Abby's advice column tackles the delicate question of how to express one's own needs when a loved one is facing a life-threatening disease, a common relationship tension when serious illness enters the picture.