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Phil,
Your a good husband you have taken your vows to God and your wife seriously for that you have my utmost respect.
It will get tougher but hang in there as you are your wifes "rock" and in the end you'll know you have down the right thing and have no regrets.
I was holding my mothers hand as she took her last breath, my sister, brother and I took care of her for 3 years after my dad died and I can remember thinking sometimes I didn't want to do it anymore but hung in there as i knew it was right. Today I have no regrets and am glad I got to spend all that extra time taking care of her.
I hope this story helps. (I know it help me just to right it)
Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
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6 years ago, I lost my wife of 33 years to cancer. I watched for 10 months while she turned into a walking skeleton as her liver and many other organs deteriorated. She died on Christmas Day, 2006.
There's only 1 place to go for the comfort a guy needs in times like this - Jesus Christ. Nothing else even comes close. Could he heal a terminally ill person? Yes. Will he? Likely not in this life. We will all die eventually and He will let nature take it's course with each of us. However, you can't believe all the comforts and helps that will come from faith and trust in Him.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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It's a lie! Things can always get worse no matter how bad things seem at the time, they can always get worse!
Some times putting things into perspective can help, other times nothing helps and there is no answers!
Phil Phil... I hear the cry of your heart. Some of us have been there and know how it feels. Some of us have been places worse. And yes, you're right... it can always be worse than it is right now, and in the case of you and your wife, with ALS being the cause, it might just do so. I'm so sorry for that. I have no advice, no counsel. All I can do is offer my sympathy, my compassion, and my prayers. May you and your wife receive the comfort of that.
"I'm gonna have to science the schit out of this." Mark Watney, Sol 59, Mars
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Oh, Christ I feel for you. I just lost my Wife over a 6 week period and that is killing me. For that to go on for years...My prayers are with you both. Bear
Bear
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May the good Lord watch over both of you. My thoughts and prayers are wtih you.
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I feel for you Phil. I lost my Dad in 07 to Multiple system atrophy, a combination of ALS and a couple of other diseases. It was a slow process, over 5 years and the last one he was bedridden. I took time off of work to help my Mother take care of him. My wife and I watched him take his last breath around 1:30 in the morning. He died 2 days before my sons 4th B-day. The following year, my Father in law coded on my sons b-day and died a week later.
Life sometimes sucks. Stay strong, believe in God. He will take care of all things.
Joe
Only a dingleberry, not yet a Turdlike person, maybe someday!!! I am happier than a retard in a room full of bouncy balls right now!! Joe.
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Speechless. I can't imagine the suffering and heartbreak.
"I Birn Quhil I Se" MacLeod of Lewis
I Burn While I See
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Greyghost,
Prayers for both of you will be ongoing from here.
May God bless,
John & Shelia
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