Growth & Moving Forward

Good afternoon

Two to two and a half years ago, my wife started showing signs of confusion and memory loss. Very mild to begin with.

Shortly after this, the GP made the likely diagnosis of early-onset dementia, which, of course, was a worry.

The problems slowly took their toll with an increase in memory loss and confusion, with a speech impediment. She found it hard to string a sentence together, which made communication difficult

This situation continued until last Sept. when she had two fits and was the start of her life in hospital. After about twelve weeks, she was allowed home when a care package was put in place.

This started with four-hourly visits per day, culminating with 24-hour care, with me being the unpaid carer

Hi,

I lost my husband almost a year ago to cancer....It was a long battle, 19 yrs of the nearly 26 we were married. I'm just 52. and it's incredibly lonely. I miss him a lot, even though the last few years were a lot of resting. I'm so saddened by the world today, how people can scam those that grieve. I'm ashamed to admit I was scammed. But I am genuine and trusting. It will not happen again, however. I'm also wondering about anyone else's luck with dating. We moved a few years before my husband died, back to my hometown, where i have my side of the family, but since his death, i have been very disappointed. i might mention my brother also died somewhat unexpectedly about 6 months before my husband. and it's strange how death can divide families. Often times, i just want …

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My hubby Nigel died on 14th April 2023, age 58 after fighting cancer for over 11 years. When he was diagnosed our children were 1 and 3 years old and I was 38.

My youngest is 15 today and I wonder how different our lives would be, but there's little point as it doesn't change the reality. Both children were diagnosed as having autism at a young age and in some respects their factual outlook helped. We were always truthful with them in an age appropriate way and didnt hide anything when their daddy had to have more operations or chemo. I couldn't have made it through without them.

The flip side is my youngest has high anxiety and social issues as part of her autism and I know in my heart Nigel would not understand her. We are waiting for family counselling because the kids did not have…

I am just over 3 years in to this awful journey… lately I’ve been really craving human connection. I was only 52 when I lost my husband, and I know he’d want me to be happy. I just don’t know where to start with apps. I joined chapter 2 last week but there doesn’t seem to be that many younger folks on there. I’m nervous to sign up and pay for more public random sites like match. Anyone got any advice?