Going down hill

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Hi, I know its early for me in my grief week 5. Week 6 on Saturday since my love and soul mate was taken from me with Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the stomach.  She collapsed late Friday night and I had yo do cpr till the Ambulance arrived.  I followed her down to the hospital in a second Ambulance.  They told me her heart had stopped on the way down, but they got it going again. Then it stopped again in hospital.  When I got there she was on tubes down her throat and a machine keeping her heart going. The worse thing is having yo say the words let her go and rest. I put on my i-pod on played her favourite song (hence my name on here) and held her hand as she went.

I have not really got any support here. The only time I have really seen people is when after a week . I had to go down to Yorkshire for my dad's funeral. I spent about 5 day's down there. Then I had to come home and continue to sort out my wife's funeral. I saw people family and friends that day, but since then. I haven't seen any one. The phone calls are getting less. Which I understand they have there own lives to lead and who wants to talk to somebody who could just burst into tears. I saw a grief Councillor last week and again tomorrow. 

I know grief comes in waves and reading about other people on here has helped.  I am sorry to say I Don't wish this on anybody, but the last 3days have been very hard and I am getting fed up with waking up. I don't want to kill myself but I also don't want to wake up. Plus why do we get so much paperwork which just brings everything back. On Friday night I know the nightmare will be back as it is every Friday when I relive that night in detail. Sorry for the long thing I just needed yo say it.

  • Hi there, it is horrific isn’t it. I expect you are still in shock, and traumatised by the loss of your soulmate. My husband passed on the 4th August from kidney cancer. Diagnosed in March, gone by August. The grief is savage, and I didn’t know it was possible to feel so bereft. I found the Cruse Bereavement website helpful, as it really goes into how the brain processes grief. I thought I was going bonkers. The intensity of emotion is frightening, and I don’t like not feeling in control. I get the waking up bit, it’s like a Groundhog Day, where you keep reliving the same nightmare. The paperwork thing is really hard. When you are at your most vulnerable, you have to try and focus on the Death Certificate, life assurance, probate, etc. I still haven’t done some of the minor stuff. At seven months, some days are easier than others. I do feel slowly, that I am finding a new way to live. If you can, keep posting on this forum it has helped me to express my emotions. Sending hugs, Kate.xxx