Daddy Is At Peace Now.

Dad passed away July 1st 2008 at 2:35am. He went peacefully in his sleep. Dad became unresponsive at 5:00pm June 30 2008 and took his last breath at 2:35 am. If you are anything like me and have a loved one with this diease please talk to your family member to find out if they want a DNR, feeding tube ect. Please tell that person absolutly everything you need to tell them. Dad was unable to speak 1 month ago, so he was unable to talk to us, so we made sure we told dad everything and made those education promises, and any personal promises we wanted to tell him. Take pictures with your family, even if you don't like how you look or how they look, you will cherish them when they are gone.

 Love and Prayers to all of you.

I Love You Daddy, Rest in Peace and Keep Us ALL in Line,

 Debra G

Hi Debra.  I am so sorry and offer my deepest sympathy on the loss of your beloved father.

Cherish the memories of the good times and hopefully they will give you comfort.

Warmly,

Barb

Thanks for the reply, I just really miss him, I see pictures of him and I just cry.  We are now starting to go through his things and I just want them to stay there so they can still be his things.

Debra

Hi Debra, I am so sorry for the loss of your Dad. I lost my Dad 8 years ago and yes it does get less overwelmingly painful. I truly believe that our loved ones are watching over us and I do talk to him silently. It will get better and I feel that everlasting peace, sleep or whatever you believe in is better than the suffering of a loved one who is terminally ill. My Dad was a printer and I kept his printer ring on a necklace and never take it off. I also chose some of his clothes that reminded me so much of him, but not a lot. I also kept the t shirt he was wearing and put it in a plastic bag so it might retain the fragrance . We donated some of his things and distributed them through our family. That was hard to discard his stuff . But really, it's just stuff so try to keep just a few things. Wishes for comfort to you. Ellen 

Debra:

 I said goodbye to my own sweet Dad on Janaury 31st, after a year long battle with GBM...I know personally what you are going through right now.  When you say you miss your dad, I know that you REALLY miss him.  I wish I could tell you that the worst days are behind you.  I have really struggled with all the holidays since Dad passed away.  And I still have a bad day now and then or even just a bad moment.  We don't avoid talking about Dad or his cancer, since it is a part of our history now, but we do try to focus on the good.

When Dad died, we had a scholarship fund established in his memory and we are currently working on a benefit being held this fall to raise funds for that scholarship fund.  For me, this has been very therapeutic, because it allows me to see something good coming out of the single most devastating event of my lifetime.

Nothing we ever do will bring Dad back to this earth, but we are all believers in a living God who opened the gates of Heaven and welcomed Dad to his eternal home when he drew his last breath.  We are no so vain as to believe that Dad would trade that to be back here with us.  We find comfort in knowing that he has received a full healing now and cancer can never again harm him.

May God bless you and your family deeply as you learn to live life under this new circumstance.  Never forget the words of our Lord:  "Blessed are those who mourn; for they shall be comforted"....Be blessed!!!

Brenda, daughter of Leo T., dx 01/07, Gliosarcoma, 10/2/38 - 01/31/08 - Forever with the Lord

I am so sorry for your loss. I have lost a parent before; my mother died from Leukemia when I was 21. My father is not battling glioblastoma, as your father did.

I am glad you were able to be with him and be involved in his care. Allow yourself to grieve, even though he is in a better place. We always need our parents, don't we?

((hugs))

Debra, I am so sorry for the loss of your dad.  I know your pain is so great.  Take comfort in all your beautiful memories and know that some day you will be reunited with him forever.  I lost my husband Mike on February 22, 2008 to stomach cancer after a three year battle.  The only thing that keeps me going is that I will see him again.  Until then...

God bless you,

Diane, Mike's wife