how insensitive can you get ?

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well what a week, ups and downs, mostly downs to be honest, well yesterday was the final straw, my pregnant best friend and work collegue came for lunch bringing home made soup , lovely i thought really  looking forward to a bit of me time ,well she arrived very upset, one of my so called friends and work collegue had told her my hubby only had 2 weeks to live !!!! well i hit the roof , how dare they discuss my business , especially if its not right, we may only have a few weeks but 2 weeks has never been said even to us ,let alone some busy body deciding , i decided then and their i am now not going back till afterwards , i cant be dealing with that, hubby is to important to me , but i dealt with it , she wont be talking about me again !!! i havent told him im not planning on going back yet , just said i need some time off as i cant concentrate , which is true , he doesnt want me to lose my independance , but will talk to him soon , i think deep down he knows its only because i love him and want to be here for him ,

Any way whilst this was all going on i was running around doing shopping and sorting his meds out , went to chemist and nothing their ,so went to surgery, and his dr was amazing , he was free so invited me in while he sorted meds out ,hubby was meant to be going for an appt but wasnt well enough , so he sorted that out as well, did script for more antisickness meds as thats still not under control ! and then asked me how i was! he was so lovely , i cried, and he talked and listened ,even stuff about funeral ect that i havent talked about, and the fact its very hard for me as i konw what is going to happen because of my job , im qualified to do palliative care but its very hard when its your husband , and hes so young , he didnt mention how long but he did say the next couple of weeks will be very diffucult !!!  so i left feeling very sad, but glad id spoken to him ,and hes not even my dr , all meds sorted ,home to cook dinner , then as promised 7 pm dr did home visit , and also rang me this morning  and will speak to me again on mon ,

Had mother in law this morning, was ok, his dad is here now , which is also ok as long as doesnt stay too long, sister in law still hasnt rung , so thats good ! apparantly my little boy was in tears at football and said it was because hes frightened, but hes off with a friend at the moment hopefully having fun as theirs not much of that here , and as for me , im just hoping the rest of the day is as peaceful and quiet as it is now , touch wood pain relief now seems to be working ,

 

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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Good grief! People will never cease to amaze me Jenni... Sounds as though your chat to the doctor was just what you needed.

    Sending you all much love, Manda xx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Jenni

    Sorry you are having to go through all this & listen to the gossips too.

    Its amazing what people say & i've long ignored the "chinese whispers".

    Good to see you have an understanding caring Dr.

    My doc is the same & always has time to listen.

    All the best.

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi Jenni and your family,

    I have read some of your blog and your posts. Keep doing what is right for you and your family, Go with your instinct, this is your journey.

    My darling husband sadly died Nov. 09, at home. I looked after him (I'm a nurse) it was hard but it meant he had the death he wanted - no hospitals, intervention etc. It also meant although it was hard for the children (we have 4 aged 17-9) they could be with their dad whenever they wanted to be instead of visiting him somewhere. I think this helped with 'keeping normal' for  them for as long as possible. It also meant I felt less torn between them all because we were all together. We made memory boxes together and found photos and bits and pieces to put in them. They sat with their dad and showed him what they'd put in them etc.

    Don't forget to look after yourself though, and spend time doing what you can together as a family. We spent a lot of time just laying together watching trashy daytime tv because it was something we could do together with very little effort!

    Will be thinking of you,

    Sara x