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Grief and loss

LOSS OF HUSBAND

I lost my husband of 30 years , 4 months ago.I've tried everything to cope but feel totally black.I have a 17 year old son who still lives with me [but we don't talk much] so I can't take the easy way out.I wish i could!

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I lost my mum

I lost my mum to cancer on 31st January 2021. My mum was given 6-12 months and passed just after 11 months. It was the saddest journey I have experience with my family. My mum was my best friend and most beautiful person I have had the honour of having in my life.K...Read More

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trying to cope

Feeling totally lost and alone. Lost my husband to pancreatic cancer in April last year following a 6month battle which saw him in hospital for approx half of that time. he passed away 1 month before his 64rd birthday. we had be married for 4.5 years and don't h...Read More

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widowed i dont like that

Hi i am 44 my husband passed away 2 months ago after a 5 year battle with bowel cancer He was diagnosed as terminal at that time the cancer had already spread we had gone through surgery loads of chemo and sert radiation with what I can only say as a really hard b...Read More

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Difficulty Moving On.

Losing someone can cause emotional crisis and I guess I'm undergoing that emotions right now.I'm having a hard time eating, sleeping and focusing. I just tend to stay in my bed most of the time. I feel like having mental illness due to over thinking, maybe. I want ...Read More

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Dad died from postoperative haemorrhage month after Full Whipple

My world has been shattered. My beautiful father passed away as they prepped him for emergency surgery to treat an infection last Sunday night (a week and a day ago) . He was going to have his infection treated . This is all we knew. They told us the operation was ...Read More

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Young widows with young kids?

Hi,I have been trying to find a platform to share my grief with people who might understand.So I came to join this community and started reading everyone’s posts.Although I could sympathise with many difficult journeys, caring for terminally ill partners, before de...Read More

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Lost loved ones and trying to learn to grief.

I lost my mother after a long time of health conditions. I been a carer for both parents since I was young and lost my father to parkinson disease in 2010. Continued to look after my mother than lost my mother 2020 to heart problems. Now that I don't have my paren...Read More

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40-y.o. widow looking for people alike

I'm a 40 y.o. window, lost my beloved husband to bowel cancer two months ago, lost my first child (stillborn) 3 weeks after his father. I would have loved to have my own kids.I am lost and looking for people alike to talk.Sometimes family struggles to understand. ...Read More

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