Anyone awake?
I lost my dad 6 weeks ago and although we were told we didn’t have long left, I think I was in disbelief to think it was going to happen and now it has I don’t know how to cope.
So sorry to hear of the loss of your dad. It’s an awful thing. I lost my dad two years ago and my mum a year ago. Both in difficult circumstances, my dad of cancer. And here I am unable to sleep a year/2 years later for thinking about it all. I probably need to speak to someone. Big hugs are all I can offer you. xxx
I lost my dad who was 68 on the 24th July after his fight with AML. I moved back home to Dorset from Cornwall for a few months so I could bring him home for his last few weeks. I become his palative carer and was with him everyday till he passed. I’m really struggling too, he was everything to me and I still don’t know how to process it all. Everyone thinks I’m holding up well, but they don’t see or feel what’s happing to me on the inside. I put on a brave face as I’ve got to be strong for my family otherwise it will all go to pop. They never say how grief really hurts us. I’m debating getting in contact with my doctor as I’m not sure how to cope, I’m finding it hard to show love to my husband and he’s getting frustrated that I don’t talk about it. He was with me every step with dad. So he’s been through it also, but it’s a different feeling to me it was MY Dad.
I really hope you get some help, I’ve just brought a notebook for letters to my dad, hoping if I write to him that might help me xx
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