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Hi,
I’m so sorry for your loss. You have my most sincere sympathy and condolences. I can really relate to how you are feeling. What you are experiencing is what many of us have and are still going through. I found this site a few days after my husband passed away. It will be 2 years the beginning of September and I miss him more each day. Finding this site and all the wonderful people here has helped me get by. Just knowing there are others who truely understand what it is like to lose someone you love to this disease is comforting. What you are feelilng and experiencing is normal for what you are going through. The sadness and loneliness don’t really go away, but every day is a little easier. You just go on the best you can. I feel like it will always be there, but you learn how to live with it. Try to take comfort knowing that Wayne is no longer in pain or suffering and that he will always be with you in your heart and memories. Right now that is not much consolation, but hopefully it will help. Stick with us here. There is always someone to listen when you need to let your feelings out. The strength and support here is remarkable. Take care and know that we are all here for you and each other. My thoughts and prayers go out to you.
Love & Hugs,
DarlaDear Teresa,
I am so sorry you have now also lost your dear husband. I know from your posts how much you love & miss Alan and now to go through all of this and lose him too is so heartbreaking. You have my deepest condolences. As with Alan, he too will always be with you in your heart and your memories and now he and Alan are together once again. I know that right now that may not be a whole lot of comfort, but we are all here for you just as you are for all of us. Take all the time you need to grieve now for them both and try to take care of yourself. You need all the strength you can gather to get you through this. You are in my thoughts and prayers Teresa.
Love & Hugs,
DarlaDear Diane,
I am glad you plan to stick around. I don’t think anyone who has not dealt with CC or losing a loved one to this disease can possibly understand what it is like and how it affects us. Everyone here does and it is a good feeling to know that you can talk freely here about your thoughts and feelings where you may not be able to do so with others. Reading your postings has given me some insight as to how my sons may have felt and how they are feeling now. It has given me something to think about. So, thank you for that. My sons are 40 & 42 and I am 61 the same age as your Mom when you lost her. I have a wonderful daughter-in-law and now a CC “daughter”.
Love & Hugs,
DarlaMsHopeful,
I too am so sorry to hear about your Dad. Keep him in your heart and memories and he will always be with you. Losing a loved one to this rare and aggressive form of cancer is devastating. Give yourself time to grieve and begin to heal. We are all here to help and support you as you travel this road of grieving. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Love & Hugs,
DarlaJemima,
Good luck tomrrow. Hopefully you will get some answers as to how to proceed and things will start to move forward.
DarlaKristin,
Glad to hear from you and that you are back home. What a time you have had of it. Clean up, rest up and get your strength back. Glad to know you are home and hopefully things will improve from here on. Many of us have already welcomed Kevin and thanked him for updating us. Hopefully he will continue to come back from time to time.
Love & Hugs,
DarlaGerry,
My thoughts and prayers coming your way now and even more so on Thursday. Hoping for the best.
DarlaKris,
I love your attitude, even in the shadow of all this adversity. Live for today. So, it is off to Greece for you and Hans. Enjoy!
I will be thinking of the two of off on this wonderful, spur of the moment adventure. It is cold again here right now, so I would love to be able to run off to the sun & sea. Have a great time. Our frigid Lake Michigan can’t compare! Can’t wait until you get back to hear all about it.Love & Hugs,
DarlaHi D,
I am glad you have found us. My husband was 62 and passed away 7 weeks after his first symptoms and 1 week after we got the official diagnosis, so I do know how you feel. I am so sorry that you and your family have also had to go through this. My heart aches for all of you. I found this site a few days after he passed and the support I have found here is what gets me by. As I said, the whole situation was very similar to yours. Please do not torture yourself with those memories. You did what felt right. My youngest son did a similar thing for his Dad and I feel nothing but gratitude that he was there for us at the end. I am sure that your Dad and family feel the same.None of this is easy and none of it is fair, but remember that your Mom will always be with you in your heart and memories. Try to take comfort in the fact that even tho’ we may have wanted them here longer, and it is really hard to absorb and deal with what all happened in that short time, atleast our loved ones did not have to suffer for a very long time. For that we can be grateful. Keep coming back here. We are all here to help and support each other in any way that we can. Take care and know that I am thinking of you.
Love & Hugs,
DarlaHi Kevin,
I also want to welcome you and thank you for the update on Kristin. Let her know that we are all pulling for her and hope to see her back and posting again in the near future.
DarlaWelcome and thanks for stopping in. I am glad to hear that the word is getting out and that you you were able to meet some of the wonderful people from this site that are working so hard to bring more awarness to our cause. I hope to be able to attend a conference or convention and meet some of them some day, too. Congratulations on your 6 year survivor status. I look forward to hearing more about your journey and how you arrived where you are today.
Darla
Wow Erika,
It sounds like you are having quite a day. Sorry to here about Shimmer on top of everything else, but I think Lainy is right. Before my husband passed away, he had been talking with my son and he made the remark that he will see Mutley again soon. Mutley was our Lasha Apso who we lost several years previous and we thought at the time that was the worst thing we had or would every experienced. He was part of the family. Boy were we ever wrong. So now I take comfort in thinking that Jim & Mutley are together taking care of each other!
Hopefully some day Emily will feel the same and be able to take some comfort in that.I hope the rest of your day is going a bit better. Take care and let us know how things are going.
Love & Hugs,
DarlaMerilee,
I am so sorry that you have lost your Dad so quickly. Know that he will always be with you in your heart and memories. I know it is no consolation at this time, but know that you are not alone. Many here have lost loved ones quicky to this disease and truely understand what you are going through. My husband passed away only 7 weeks from the time he had any symptoms. Up to that time he was very healthy and active. His story is much the same as your Dad’s. Know that we are all here to help and support you. My deepest condolences to you and your family. My thoughts & prayers are with you.
Love & Hugs,
DarlaHi Fern,
Welcome to our world. I know it is not where you wanted or expected to be, but you will be glad you are here. You will get all the information, help and support you want or need from all the wonderful people here. Everyone here has been touched by CC in one way or another and are all here to help and support each other. I will be hoping for the best for your Mom. Hopefully you will soon have more answers and then will be able to decide how to go forward and fight this disease.
Darla
