Emotions

Hey Oldwoodsie,

Very sorry you have to be here but it's nice to meet you, please don't think you are being silly, you feel the way you feel and it's OK to get tearful when you talk about a life changing condition like this

I get quite tearful and choked up regularly, you just have to give yourself permission to feel that way so that you don;t end up in a downward spiral of feeling bad about feeling bad

Best of luck and please reach out if you want to chat

Hello PaulT21,   thank you.

It is comforting to know someone else knows how I am feeling.  Sad that they know because they are going through the same process as I am.

Your encouragement not to end up on a downward spiral has reinforced advise I was given by my nurse practitioner as I started this journey,  she said that no matter how you feel, how bad things seem, do not go down " 

Every day I look in the mirror , smile and tell myself out loud "I am blessed" I have a very caring, loving wife, two beautiful daughters,  three..soon to be four fabulous grandchildren  and now a new friend.

Paul, thank you for being there.

Hey Mike

That's a great idea, ands such fantastic news about your fourth grandchild

You are most welcome, we are all in this together and should feel able to lean on one another if we need to

Paul