Sad news
 

It is with great sadness that I have to advise the readers of this forum that my wife Marg passed away late Friday afternoon.

After suffering from MS for over 36 years and in the past year from various ailments, she is finally at peace. She was recently admitted to hospital with Pancreatitis but had several other medical problems as well.


Harry

I am so very sorry to hear of Marg's passing, Harry. :(

You have been such a huge support to Marg, always looking for advancements in treatments for this disease. I know you loved her very much.

My heartfelt condolences. I hope you can eventually find some comfort in knowing Marg is now healthy and at peace.

(((Harry))))

Cherie

(((harry)))

my deepest sympathy to you and your family.

Oh, Harry, I'm so sorry. I'll be praying for you.

My condolences to you and your family Harry.

Harry
I'm so sorry for your loss. You were so very supportive and always right at her side. I'm sure Marg has some peace now, and will be missed terribly.

(((((Harry)))))

Beth

(((Harry)))

My heart was saddened when I read of Marg's passing and please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. She couldn't have had a more compassionate husband than you, who's love withstood the true test of "for better or worse". Now she is free from this terrible disease.

God Bless.......Judy

Harry: I am so very sorry for your loss! :hug:

((((((((((HARRY)))))))))) You are in ny thoughts and prayers as you go through this sad journey - I'n so sorry for your loss - :grouphug: Sally

I'm so sorry Harry.

My thoughts and prayers are with you.

How are you doing Harry? You are in *y thoughts:hug:

I'm doing as well as can be expected...busy planning the arrangements with a lot of help from the family...funeral is Wednesday...will write a much longer response after that time. Thanks very much for asking.

Harry

((((((((((Harry))))))))):hug:

Harry,

What a wonderfully supportive husband you've been. You've also been a great support to a great many other people, on these forums. My heart goes out to you. Please remember to find the support you need and deserve.

Let us all know how you're doing.

Katty

Harry,
I am so very sorry for your loss. I know we have not always seen eye to eye on some things but this is devastating and I hold you in my thoughts and prayers and hope you find some way to manage the pain of this loss as well as find a way to fill the days and hours spent in searching for information and sharing it on her behalf and the rest of us living with MS.

I honor you for your efforts and I honor her for hanging on as long as she was able.

Harry:

There are those of us who have spouses who gave up and left. Your wife was blessed to have you. I have have the utmost respect for you.

This is a sad time. My heart goes out to you and you will be in my thoughts and prayers during the grieving process.

Sorry for your loss.

To the wonderful, compassionate people on this forum:

I would like to express my gratitude to all those who wrote me messages of condolence after my wife Marg passed away last week. To be married to a lovely person for 32 years and then have her suddenly taken away was certainly very difficult. It was, however, made a bit easier when I read so many kind messages from the people on this forum. Those words were greatly appreciated by me.

Although Marg is gone, I know that she would want me to continue to try and help patients, spouses and families cope with this dreaded disease. I am going to continue to participate on this forum and several others in the hope that I can possibly help others understand and fight this dreaded disease.

Again, I thank all of you for helping me get through this difficult time.

Harry

Thank you Harry for your nice response. I was afraid that we had lost your presence here but a happy to hear that you are sticking it out with us.

I'm glad we could be a comfort for you during this very sad and difficult time and hope that will continue. I so appreciate your hope and support for us here and look forward to all your posts.

It's a little slower here than at the "Other Place" ;) and it sometimes seems like we disappear and then walla here we are again but I want you to know that most of us read here every day :grouphug: All the best to you

Hi Dorrie,

I've been through Keswick a number of times when we lived in Toronto. A friend had a cottage on Lake Simcoe.

Thanksgiving this year will be very low key under the circumstances but I'm doing just fine with friends and family support.

Take care.

Harry

Harry,

Do you have children? How are they coping with this loss?

Why don't you take a break from all the forums you visit for a while? Without a personal need to participate, a change in focus and new direction in your life might help you to not stay "stuck" in thinking about illness all the time and will give you a chance to direct your time and energies towards health and healthy directions in your own life. I'm sure Marg would not want you to stay "stuck" with MS, especially when she is now free of it herself.

A change in focus might be just what YOU need to move on with your life and focus on good memories of your wife and all the things she was about that didn't revolve around illness and MS.

Wannabe,

Thank you for your good suggestions.

I've already cut back a bit on visiting the various forums and don't respond to as many threads as I used to.

Fortunately I've never looked at these forums as being a place to be "stuck" or being totally focused on illness. My main goal as always been to offer an opinion and advice to other MS patients or their families in an attempt to try and help them in any way that I could. I will continue to do this as much as I can because I know that Marg would want me to do that if I could.

Take care.

Harry

Hey Harry, I just saw this thread and I am so sorry about the loss of your wife, your companion, your love. I always enjoy your comments and am glad you wll still be hanging around the boards. Please accept my condolences

There are a number of people who asked me to pass on their condolences from BT, Harry. Please know you are in our thoughts.

You have been the voice of reason on a number of MS topics, and I hope you hang around. Thanks for being there for Marg, and the rest of us.

Cherie

Cherie,

How kind a gesture from those people....please let them know that I really appreciated their condolences.

I will certainly be hanging around this forum and a few others. Knowing I can possibly help these wonderful people from my experience of being with Marg for so many years makes me feel very good.

I am now going through a huge adjustment now that Marg has gone. I miss her dearly but at the same time am comforted that she no longer has to suffer any more.

Thanks guys for all your support.

Harry

Harry, haven't visited here in awhile and just saw this thread. I am so sorry for your loss.

I am also glad you have decided to continue to help others.

Take care of yourself.

God Bless