I think everytime they start to process a new thing, they go through some anger. My H was actually angry with me for being told I was going to die by the doctor because it threw a monkey wrench into his having to think only about himself. Then a year later, because I so kindly turned to friends instead of him so he could deal, I was wrong for that. When I would have preferred to have him help me through that time and he was unavailable. Anger, guilt, and projection are such wonderful things.
"Acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is and there's got to be a way through it."--Michael J. Fox