Suited_Up 2 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Sorry to hear about your loss. My condolences to you and your family. Link to post Share on other sites
RsHwK 0 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 you make a very good point...we need to realize that family is one ofthe most important things in life...i am convinced that my dad is in the early stages of Alzheimers...just a hunch tho.....hes 63my thoughts will be with youSorry for your loss Derrick. I hope you are wrong Chrozzo, Alzheimer's is the worst. Nothing is more saddening then to watch a loved one's health decline and begin to lose their memory. Watching someone you love die, and not having them know who you are is a terrible terrible thing. Link to post Share on other sites
yinzerr 0 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 My gpap passed this monday also :(Sorry for your loss and glad you spent time with her. Link to post Share on other sites
gatortom64 1 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I lost my Mom 18 months ago to cancer. I feel your pain, but it is better knowing the suffering is over. You have my deepest sympathies. Link to post Share on other sites
dna4ever 2 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Sorry to hear about your loss man. Lost my grandmother to cancer and my other grand mother is in a nursing home now fighting the same battle.Prayers to you and your family. Link to post Share on other sites
dlingdling 0 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Sorry for your loss Derrick. I hope you are wrong Chrozzo, Alzheimer's is the worst. Nothing is more saddening then to watch a loved one's health decline and begin to lose their memory. Watching someone you love die, and not having them know who you are is a terrible terrible thing.In 8 days I fly east to visit my parents. Mom (80 years old) in mid/late stages of Alzheimers, and Dad (88 years old) just moved into an apartment in the same complex as her new nursing home. I second the "cherish every moment" advice here. Dad had an evening about ten years ago when he went unconscious and stopped breathing while the family was watching a movie on TV. He came through it with no ill effects, and ever since then we've been closer and more thankful for each phone call and visit. I'm painfully aware that each time I see them may be the last - and in the case of my mom, each time I see her might be the last time she recognizes me. All the more reason to make the most of each visit. Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 My dad is on oxygen 24/7 and I was talking to the wife today that we are going to drive up to Cody Wyoming this summer to spend a couple weeks with him and my mom.Sorry for your loss Link to post Share on other sites
Gallo 1 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Sorry to hear about your loss. My condolences to you and your family. Link to post Share on other sites
RunnerRunner1990 0 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 sorry to hear about your loss Link to post Share on other sites
BeaverStyle 1 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Currently making steps to prioritize building my relationship w/ my parents, specifically my mom. I've realized lately how much she cares and how much she helps me in ways that truly make my life better. My condolences, SKYUKON. Link to post Share on other sites
KHSPoker21 0 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 My sympathies are with you and your family. I'm glad you can take comfort in the thought that your mother went peacefully. Link to post Share on other sites
Snake Plissken 0 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 sorry to hear. my parents live around 4000 kilometers away from me. They moved abroad to gran canaria for about 2 yrs ago. I see them once or twice a year. my closest relatives (brothers) live 200 kilometers away from me. I really should get closer with my family. this is kind of a wake up call Link to post Share on other sites
mhoward29 0 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 you make a very good point...we need to realize that family is one ofthe most important things in lifemy thoughts will be with youqft Link to post Share on other sites
Janfor99 0 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Sorry to hear about your loss. It is very hard losing a parent. :(My condolences to you and your family. Link to post Share on other sites
mtdesmoines 3 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 My Mom succumbed to lung and bone cancer today. Mercifully, she was only in the hospital for less than a month, and was only diagnosed 1 week ago. Fortunately, all of the back and leg pain she had suffered in the fall disappeared during her hospital stay, but the disease was too far progressed for any chance of recovery.Please don't feel the need to post to express your condolences - I know that the FCP community is a very sympathetic group as a whole.But take from this message the thought to spend more time with your parents while they are still alive, and get to know them as friends. I have been concerned about the potential to lose my parents for over 20 years now, due to their advanced age (Mom was 81 when she died) and as such I made it a point to do perhaps more than most do with their parents, including travel, poker (yes they took up the game when the boom hit), and just regular invitations for them to dine at my home, and now that Mom has passed, I do not feel that I could have or should have done more with her.On that note, let's please continue our prayers for Daniel's Mom to make a full recovery, and make some mental notes to spend some quality time with your parents - I know my Dad will be seeing EVEN more of us now than he did before.Take Care.DerrickI'm sorry to hear of your loss. Your messages are good ones. Thanks for posting this. Link to post Share on other sites
bigcoled 1 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 So sorry to hear about your loss, as with everyone else we have had our own brushes with cancer in my family, as well as alot of problems with diabetes... My dad recently lost his leg to diabetes, also had openheart quadruple bipass last year... we've never seen eye to eye, but I make sure to spend as much time with him as I can... I couln't imagine life without my parents, I feel for you... Link to post Share on other sites
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