My husband died in late October. He survived a heart attack in April, Afib diagnosis in May and a stroke in August. What killed him? An infection in his heart valve that medicine couldn't kill from "cat scratch fever". That doesn't usually kill a person, but it does when you've had a bad heart for 20 years. My daughter is an adult, but no help in my pain. She can't handle her own and told me months ago she can't be my person. So, I don't share much with her. She can't understand why I don't have the emotional energy 5 months later to babysit her children whenever she wants. I don't have any other family. I have a best friend, but nobody else other than my therapist colleagues who have really been helpful but I only see at work. I miss having a male companion, but in no way do I want to date. I miss being spontaneous and having someone that can handle any of my moods. I'm in therapy, thankfully so I can vent. But I'm very lonely.
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So sorry for your loss as all of us in the group understand how you feel as many don’t. It will be our 37th anniversary on 15th April and my darling was taken on 13 January 2026. I have joined a couple of clubs where you get to walk etc but not all the members really interested in your life as expected. I plod on as I have to. I have no family.
We used to travel a lot but now I have to think of doing this on my own which I will eventually. I am very lonely but take myself out every day just to get out of my home as without my husband it is just an empty place. You are lucky getting therapy as I’m still on the waiting list. I keep getting told how positive I am by doing what I do but deep down inside I just want to join my husband as I am completely lost without him.