Dear Littlepaw :)
 

I hope that some of what I share and feel will cause people to hold and hug their families a little tighter and to say those words everyone needs to hear "I Love YOU' !

Thank you Littlepaw for keeping me in your thoughts and prayers.

Debi from Georgia :hug:

Debi,
 

Thank you for sharing your journey with us. You have been very open with the good and the not so good days. Your family has been right there with you.
Your updates of your mother, Luke, Christina, their families have made me feel part of Bubba's past and the present.

Honored to be part of your NT family.

Love & Prayers for you and Family.


Gerry

Dang It Gerry !
 

You're really not silly and you're not 'ole' either. ;)

Thinking of you Debi,

:grouphug:

Good Morning :)
 

Hi Debi,

Hope you've gotten some sleep. I know that was my hardest thing to get used to. During the day I was busy and there were things to do. Night time just seemed to bring on a whole new "mood" for me. I tried keeping all the lights on in the house but my neighbor got worried and asked if everything was OK. I told her what I was doing and that it really wasn't helping me. Just making my house look like a giant light bulb.

I'm having to go to the hospital to get an IV Solumedrol infusion for 3 days. It's an early appointment each day and my daughter-in-law is taking me. Bless her heart.....she's so sweet and does so much for me without a peep of complaining. I hope this infusion helps because I am so off balance it's hard to do anything.

I hope your epidural injections help. Tim had those for back issues he had. They helped some but he was always with some pain. Some of it was work related and some was injuries from weight lifting. I told him doing that wasn't a good idea but you know how that goes.........:rolleyes:.

It sounds like you have a really nice GYN doctor. It's hard to find a good doctor that you can talk to like that so you're lucky. I hope everything is OK with that, too.



I'll be thinking of you on the 30th and hoping the treatments work.

Thank you Kitty
 

((((( Debi )))))
 

Hi Debi,

I have been away from the forum; yet, have been thinking of you and your family.

Just catching up on your thread.

I watch my mother adjust to the loss of my stepdad. She shares a home with me and with my husband for now. My stepdad had passed 3 years ago. It's been a very difficult time for her. She is doing much better now, yet it's still an adjustment for her to be without her husband. I see and feel her pain, often. I just hold her and tell her I know she misses him. I miss him very much too, yet it's such a deep loss for a spouse.

I look at my husband, as we are your age, and wonder what I would do without him. He has been my very best friend since we'd met. Our friendship runs so deep and has never wavered.

I hope you will be more comfortable on all levels, soon.

Much Love to You and to Your Family,
:hug:
DejaVu

Thank you DejaVu
 

Hi Debi,

Well, you're getting into the "nuts and bolts" of it all with having to go to the Probate court and all that. Makes it seem so impersonal......until you get there and see your name and his name on some document and just want to yell at someone that it's all a bad dream and for someone to stop all the nonsense. At least that's how I felt. Not knowing what to expect I went in with blinders on and left a big, blubbering mess. How they expect you to make decisions during times like this I'll never understand. That's why it's SO important to take someone who can remain calm with you or better yet your attorney.

The Medicare stuff is another story. I swear I think they hire people just to make things more confusing to those of us under a time constraint. I finally got a plan that is somewhat user friendly (Humana) but with all the specialist doctors I have it's a constant battle with referrals. We used to have Blue Cross Blue Shield when hubby was alive and I never appreciated it until it was gone. :rolleyes: I had hoped I would get health insurance coverage as part of his death benefits but they would not retire him. He was 18 months away from being able to retire and they wouldn't do it. Looking back they dodged a huge bullet with me because I didn't have an MS diagnosis back then.

Things will get easier. It just takes time and time isn't our friend during the first couple of years. Enjoy this beautiful weather we're having. I know I am and dread when they mention rain in the forecast. I saw it was colder where you are this morning than where I am! I wish it could stay Fall 12 months a year. :)