bradb

My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in April, had a mastectomy, and started chemo about a month and a half ago.  Just before she started chemo, she very suddenly started being very angry with me and her older sons.  She has since shut me out of her life completely.  She left home about 4 weeks ago with 5 of our children, issued a restraining order against me and filed for separation, all within a couple of weeks.  We had been getting along pretty well overall before that time.  Then she started badmouthing me to our friends, so no one will speak to me or the children that are with me.  Now I'm stuck trying to pick up the pieces of my life and restore the family in spite of her.  Is this normal?  Has anybody else out there survived this sort of thing?  I'm about at the end of whatever rope I might have had.  Dealing with her breast cancer would have been enough.  I love her, and I really want to have her back as my wife for the rest of our lives.