Hello all,
I hope you all had a nice Halloween with a lot of adorable trick or treaters! I simply wanted to thank all of the "Caregivers" on this site. You have all given me so much insight as to how my family may be feeling when I feel they don't care just because they are not talking about "it". When I was first diagnosed, none of my family really talked about it. I felt very alone...maybe even angry. I finally learned, by reading the "caregivers" posts, that perhaps my family was not talking about it because they didn't want me thinking about it if I already wasn't. I realize today that my family may, at times, be even more frightened than I am. I do not mean to run on...I just wanted to say "thank you" from the bottom of my heart to all of the "Caregivers" here who have so freely shared their experiences with us so that we could move forward and understand our families and our "illness" better. God Bless you all!
Stacy
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- By spaisley39
- Posted November 1, 2009 at 2:24 pm · 23 replies
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- By roadrunner
- Posted November 1, 2009 at 2:52 pm
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Stacey,
I am glad we were able to help you , sometimes I wonder if the women get the same compassion from the men,,the men whoses wifes have b/c,,we all know that woman seem to be the nourchers,, when they are diagnosed, are the men as good at providing support,I sure hope so,,,,,take care,, ginger
- By 15yrsurvivor
- Posted November 1, 2009 at 3:24 pm
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Three of my very favorite people on here are caregivers, and I value and respect their input as much as any patient.
Way to go, caregivers!
- By lsh
- Posted November 1, 2009 at 6:21 pm
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Thanks for the post Stacey. Having been on both sides of this, I'm not sure if patient is not easier. Caregivers have to go straight up a learning curve while taking care of the patient. I, for one, have learned so, so much from our caregivers on this site. Thank you all for all you do for all of us.
Lynda
- By Bob_M
- Posted November 1, 2009 at 6:44 pm
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Stacy, thanks for the post. I cannot imagine going through what I went through alone. My wife was a saint, my doctor a genius and my friends...well, they were good friends.
Ginger, it depends on the man. I'd like to think I would have cared for my wife the way she cared for me. But then again her name is Ginger too so the standard would be fairly high. :o)
Bob
- By loonym
- Posted November 2, 2009 at 4:27 am
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The caregivers that have reached out to my daughter and I, both on this forum and in many, more personal ways, ROCK!!!!
- By silgal
- Posted November 2, 2009 at 9:16 am
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Stacey, great post! xo many hugs to you ... michelle
- By vtom
- Posted November 2, 2009 at 10:02 am
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Stacey -
Thanks for the great post.
I have been on both sides of the care giving fence so I can relate to both. But once I joined this site - I have been so inspired by the caregivers here - their love, support and compassion is so sincere - and their desire to learn everything they can to help those they care for shows a faithfulness and dedication that is rarely seen.
Stacey - in this month of gratitude - I am so glad you reminded us of the caring men and women who support us all! Veronica
- By Shiz
- Posted November 2, 2009 at 10:55 am
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I share Stacy's gratitude to the caregivers.
- By spaisley39
- Posted November 2, 2009 at 10:55 am
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What a wonderful, loving way to start a Monday! May we all have a Peaceful, good news week!
Thanks to all and God Bless!!
- By Moonerj
- Posted November 2, 2009 at 6:02 pm
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Stacy, what a super post.
Caregivers share the up and downs we have with this disease.In fact in the case of my wife Debbie, she worries more than I do when appointments are close by.But she is always so positive and supportive.
She asks every day how everyone here at BCAN are doing. To all caregivers you never go unnoticed.
Jack
- By Lyyka
- Posted November 2, 2009 at 11:50 pm
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To all the caregivers,
I am so glad I found this site and so proud to join the ranks of the caregivers. I know this journey George and I are starting on will be so much easier with all of you nearby.
Stephany
- By roadrunner
- Posted November 2, 2009 at 11:59 pm
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Stephany,
You bet,we are all here to back each other up,
how to reassure your spouse it going to be okay, get them through the day to day and still have a smile,
its hard to smile sometimes, then all of a sudden something makes us laugh,,its a gift, just yesterday I was out blowing leaves,in a skirt,,,my husband was watching out the window as my skirt got all sucked up in the blower,,,not an uncommon occurrence here at our house,,,lesson learned....don't where skirts while blowing leaves.....were all in this together...
Ginger
- By spaisley39
- Posted November 3, 2009 at 7:51 am
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Ginger,
What a visual! Thank you sooo much for a good belly laugh!! You are truly the BEST!!!
Stacy
- By Kyle-MO
- Posted November 3, 2009 at 12:49 pm
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Hi Stacy,
Thanks so much for this post, as the caregivers give so much, and affected by our journey in countless ways. I don't know what decisions I might have made without my wife, and children's love and support.
God bless the caregivers !
Kyle
- By roadrunner
- Posted November 3, 2009 at 2:15 pm
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Doesn't sound right,,,if its a blower,why would suck up,,,it went into the engine,,,motor,,,,,,whatever it is...
my grandson was also on the ground laughing...
- By Kyle-MO
- Posted November 3, 2009 at 2:25 pm
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Ginger....Stay away from power tools before you kill someone from laughter : )
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