Dear friends. I typed up a longwinded thing to tell you how much I have appreciated this site and Joan and her 'mission' to help us all. By the time I finished and was ready to send, I wasn't signed in any more. You are spared a longwinded thing. But since I have typed about it now, I will just type to you that DH died September 17.
From the beginning or nearly the beginning when I felt like I was in OZ and floundering to try to understand what was going on until we placed him in the first facility, then moved to the local nursing home, this place has been the most helpful. The collective experiences of everyone here made it easier to get through the various challenges of this bastardly disease. I am still tending to some of the business but today can type that at least right now, I feel a glimmer of better. :) Thank you all so much
Judy, I see from your profile that you've been a member since almost the beginning of this site, so you've had a long journey. I am so sorry that you've lost your husband, but he is now free from this horrendous disease and is at peace. I am glad to know that you are feeling a bit better. It will take time. (((HUGS)))
Judy-I am sorry for all you have gone through. I know I wouldn't have made it but for this wonderful site and the friends I have made. I will be having lunch today with the lovely lady who made this all possible.
Judy thank you for letting us know, and I am so sorry for your loss. Yes, bastardly , good name for this disease. Please take care of yourself and my condolences to your family too.
Judy*, The loss of your DH is so hard, I know. We all wish we could spare our LOs the agony of this disease and ourselves as well. Know you did all you could for your DH. And don't look back and think about things you coulda shoulda done...you and all of us are doing or have done all we know how to do. Try to get some rest..these following weeks, getting all the legal stuff done is as stressful and tiring as the role of caregiver. Arms Around..
While I am saddened for your loss, I am happy that the struggle is over for both you and your husband. We're all traveling down the same road; we all have you in our thoughts and prayers. Blessings to you, Judy and best wishes on the rest of your life
It's hard to know what to say in these situations, except to extend my condolences. I have not "been there" yet, but it seems it must be a bittersweet experience. Sadness, yet release.