Update on my husband - Page 10

Snoopp · ‎02-02-2015

@gidgetgh It's very difficult to watch the person you love fade away in illness. When it's your spouse it is unbearable. I know there are meds that will help you sleep and take down the level of anxiety you might have. If you feel you need to, call your family doctor. Also, hospice usually has grief counseling and perhaps you can speak to them if you feel you need more support right now.

I will keep you in my prayers.

gidgetgh · ‎03-09-2010

@Snoopp wrote:
@gidgetgh It's very difficult to watch the person you love fade away in illness. When it's your spouse it is unbearable. I know there are meds that will help you sleep and take down the level of anxiety you might have. If you feel you need to, call your family doctor. Also, hospice usually has grief counseling and perhaps you can speak to them if you feel you need more support right now.

I will keep you in my prayers.

@Snoopp - I have family and many friends who are supporting me and have been there to listen to me. I also have a prescription for minimum strength Ativan but I don't want to take one in case I have to drive somewhere. And since they are minimum strength, I more than likely would have to take 2 because the only other time I've ever taken them, 1 minimum strength did absolutely nothing. I do have my migraine pills I can take and I might take one tonight. Sometimes they help calm me. Sometimes they don't. And I can drive with those. If it gets too bad, I will call my doctor. Right now, I'm piecing together enough sleep. It's just that when I wake up, my mind is immediately on my husband and all the tasks ahead of me.

Why is it, when I have a 50/50 guess at something, I'm always 100% wrong?

4kitties · ‎03-09-2010

@gidgetgh

(((((((((((((gidgetgh))))))))))))

continuing to pray for you both

“I heard the sound I had to follow”
In Your Wildest Dreams by Justin Hayward

queendiva · ‎03-12-2010

@gidgetgh : lifting your husband and you up in prayer. G-d bless you both.

Reach out for help from as many people as you can so that you have the strength to direct all of your efforts towards your DH. Ask as many others as possible to help with the mundane tasks at this time. Is there a close friend or family member you can call on to drive you at a moment's notice any time of day so that you can sleep more peacefully? Assemble your personal troops. People want to help.

SouthernBee · ‎09-16-2010

@Laura14 : ❤️❤️🤗🤗🤗🙏🙏🙏Southern Bee

happycat · ‎09-18-2010

Praying for you both, @gidgetgh, I'm so sorry your dh is having such problems.

gidgetgh · ‎03-09-2010

@queendiva wrote:
@gidgetgh : lifting your husband and you up in prayer. G-d bless you both.

Reach out for help from as many people as you can so that you have the strength to direct all of your efforts towards your DH. Ask as many others as possible to help with the mundane tasks at this time. Is there a close friend or family member you can call on to drive you at a moment's notice any time of day so that you can sleep more peacefully? Assemble your personal troops. People want to help.

@queendiva - actually, people in my circle are still very Covid wary. My sister lives 40 minutes away and works full time from home. But she would come in a nano second, if I asked her. I would hate to ask a neighbor to drive me anywhere, especially maybe in the middle of the night, because of Covid. Another close friend said "I would love to come help you if it weren't for Covid". And I understand that.

My 2 stepsons adore their father, but neither want to see him in hospice, and one lives an hour and a half away. One is local.

The tasks on my mind are mostly stay at home tasks. To get ready. Pull out the life insurance papers, I went to the safe deposit box yesterday, stuff like that people really can't help me with. I've had people offer to bring me lunch, especially one friend who is also 40 minutes away. I've been mostly eating Chick Fil A Nuggets because right now, they are one of the few things that appeal to me and at least it's some protein and it's very close by so easy for me to get. The thought of making a salad or something like that, I just don't think I could eat it. When I'm very nervous, my appetite just isn't there. I'm drinking plenty of liquids though.

I did grocery delivery yesterday so that helped.

Why is it, when I have a 50/50 guess at something, I'm always 100% wrong?