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  Baily    I am so sorry for the loss of your husband/best friend Larry. It's such a loss to bear and we can't know how terrible until we've been here. I've been working thru my grief a little over 2 yrs. I don't know that it gets easier, just different. The loss is permanent. Treat yourself as gently as you can as if you have been thru a life altering accident. It is life altering. Rest when you ca...

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  Kim  I am so sorry for your loss. My husband died April 8,2011 and "it takes time" a whole lot of time. It's like being in an accident and trying to recover from it. or maybe 3rd degree burns. It was months before I smiled and I was still crying close to 2 yrs even though my family dr said I should not be crying after 6 months. What did he know he's been married 3 times not over 40 yrs. to one loving man. Advic...

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  Hi JackieJo  They ran a liver cat scan and this week they are doing some injection to test and see if her gall bladder is not up to par, though she doesn't have gall stones. She doesn't have the symptoms of Crohn's. My DIL said if they don't find anything this time she is going to take her to children's hospital with all the records that has been done. Irene

  May 04 at 2:26 PM view post

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  Dear Friends   Another year has passed. Sometimes it seems like forever and at other times it feels like it was just yesterday that Phil passed away. I ended up in the hospital for Easter down at my son's to cause some "mama drama". Thankfully it was not my heart as they thought at first but rather a severe gastric episode. I showed them that I can still do a good stress test.  My granddaughter'...

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  Dear Toni   I am so sorry for the loss of your husband. I am sure everyone has already said it takes time to heal. I hit the 2 yr mark today that I lost my husband to EC. I still come to cancer compass bereavement site for support for myself and for others. Though I no longer go to the EC site here as I don't think I would have anything to share with those traveling the path now. All i can suggest is u...

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  Jackie Jo and all thank you for continued prays for my granddaughter. Still no results as of today. I really want to know where biopsies are sent when it takes over two weeks. I was in the hospital past 36 hrs. They thought it was heart trouble but after stress test and monitoring and medication for gastric pains they think it was gastro. Not way I wanted to spend Easter. But very good hospital down in Harrisonburg ...

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  Hi friends I just wanted to wish you all a blessed Easter. We are still waiting for results of granddaughter's esophageal biopsies and test for celiac disease. Two weeks! Trying not to think pessimistically. But it's hard because of how these tests went with Phil 3 yrs ago this spring.saying it wasn't cancer when ten later at another hospital it is stage 4. My trust in the medical system went out the window that day...

  March 30 at 2:50 AM view discussion

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  Hi Love is eternal    At just about to touch the 2 year mark in a couple of weeks I know that grief goes on longer then the 6 months my dr said it should(what does he know!) and past the year of firsts. I do talk about Phil especially to the grandchildren. I don't want them to think it is a taboo to bring up his name. In fact I was thinking of getting a special box and letting anyone who wants place a ...

  March 27 at 1:14 PM view post

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  Hi Friends. Still waiting to hear the results of the biopsies taken last Friday for my granddaughter. While we wait, as they say... Life goes on. Both grands got awards this week for state scores. Then I have been in contact with another writer who wants to assist me in getting published. He is getting ready to start work on his 4th book. He has seen my writing and found the style very similar to his and would like t...

  March 22 at 11:45 AM view discussion

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  At a meeting today and someone mentioned keeping a memory box. I think I will make one and ask my sons and grandchildren to write one down and then fold and place them in there. Then when I have a really bad day I can pull one or more out. I think it's a good way to keep and pass on the memories of our loves. Irene

  March 20 at 6:53 PM view post