I cannot believe it will be 4 weeks tomorrow since we lost Dad. It still does not feel real...I still feel like he has gone away somewhere and he will come back. I feel like there MUST be an ending to this horrific pain...the empty, sick feeling to my stomach...but then I realise that he is completely gone...I will never ever speak to him again...I will never ever get into a fit of giggles with him again...I will never…
My Amazing Dad passed away at 6.15pm on Tuesday 17 September. He was at home surrounded by his family...just as he wanted. This blog post may be upsetting to some so I apologise if it is but I need to get everything from the last week or so written down.
My Dad has gradually gone downhill over the last month. Firstly he started getting really really tired and achey...and stopped his daily walk down to the shop to get his newspaper. Two weeks ago tomorrow we went to the hospital for his monthly blood test and nurse consultation. I knew something was wrong. He struggled to walk from the car to the hospital even though we had parked right outside. When we were in the hospital…
Wow...it's been AGES since I've blogged. I have been meaning too but every
time I have gone to blog I've made excuses not to...I don't know why. I just
feel like shutting everything away sometimes. Of course I'm now regretting it
because I worry that I will forget things about Dad that I have been meaning to
write about :(
Things have been really tough lately. I went through a couple of months of…
Wow...so I feel pretty drained this week. Dad has started on his erlotinib (tarceva)...him and mum went away last weekend just shortly after he had started taking them. It sounded like they had a lovely weekend away...everytime I spoke to Dad he sounded relaxed and happy. And so did mum...I think the break has done her the world of good too. Dad's appetite hasn't been great but when they were away he had a fry…
