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Recent loss of my beloved life partner 
Créé par Pammie
27 avr. 2021, 15 h 20

I am a "widow". I have not used that word before now. My husband died on Feb 27th 2021, 6 weeks ago at the time of writing this. The pain and grief, loss, emptiness .... are all still so very real and powerful. I am feeling sad hearing so many people say it never gets better, that we just learn to endure it. Such a depressing thought. I have been hoping that someday I  will still miss my beloved and be sad but that it will not live with me every day with such intensity for the rest of my life. I can barely endure for these past 6 weeks and now I'm hearing over and over that I will have to. 
 
Réponse de Babasarah
28 avr. 2021, 2 h 35

5 weeks for me tomorrow. 44 years married. At first I felt like my insides were being wrenched from my body. That Has lessened to crying uncontrollably at the craziest things. Finding things in the fridge or cupboard that only he used. His clothes and most personal items I had to get rid of ASAP   I just kept losing it thinking he should be wearing them. When I finally went to put things in his closet I cried cause they were gone. I have his ashes in the bedroom with a happy picture of him that I wake up to in the morning .  THAT I find comforting. I don't understand my own grief. I miss the laughter, the teasing, the love, even the care I had to give him this past year. I want him home but I know he doesn't have pain now. I also have talked to others who had a long loving relationship say the same as you. It never leaves you just easier to endure.  i have felt that I want to go tok. Fortunately he left me with kids that are there for me. Supporting me even through their grief. Without them I doubt I would be doing well at all. We need people. We need support. It doesn't make it go away but it helps. 
 
Réponse de Pammie
28 avr. 2021, 3 h 27

Sarah, i'm so sorry for your loss, And I feel that pain too.
 
Réponse de Babasarah
28 avr. 2021, 4 h 17

I am sorry for yours too. It's never easy. No matter how long you have been together and no matter if it was "expected" or not. I was lying to myself because he came back from every illness I was sure he would be back from this one. Covid made it worse because I wasn't allowed to be with him until they knew he was palliative. Then we only had the day. Today I planted the planters he did every year. I have never been a gardener - he did that - but I did it for him crying most of the time. I still want to do things to make him happy even tho he is gone. Like you I am hoping for a time when the pain subsides and I can enjoy the memories instead of them making me sad.  I hope you have someone in your life that can help you through this. 
 
Réponse de Pammie
28 avr. 2021, 14 h 16

Seems like you're writing those  words about my experience. They describe the situation  so accurately and I find I'm able to take  a tiny bit of comfort hearing them also coming from you.
My David hospiced at home. He passed away around 5 am in the hospital bed in our iving room where he had slept  during those final days of his life.  We were in self islolation because of fear of covid. It was close and intense.
I feel immobilised now, in my small 2 bedroom condo in which  we had recently down-sized. I still don't get out outside much. I'm locked in my memories of my life with him. Every day of the past 5 years was spent together as we battled cancer. I know what I must do  but can't seem to get myself going. Feels like I'm in a state of limbo. Hoping soon, when I've "rested" a bit more, to be  healthier and happier.  And  at the end of the day, I strongly suspect that there  will not be " someone in my life who can help me through this." I'll have to do, do it myself.
 
Réponse de Babasarah
28 avr. 2021, 14 h 46

I'm so sorry you don't have anyone.  My husband had 3 children from a previous marriage and through the years I made sure they were always included in our life. Now they text me daily to see how I'm doing. It helps so much having someone care about you. The loss of a father is different than the loss of a life partner so they don't fully comprehend our loss. COVID makes it harder but if you can find a group to join either virtually or physically I would suggest it. That's what I am thinking of doing. Talking to you helps me. We do sound similar and I am sure there are more of us. I get out for walks at least four times a day because I have a dog. That and his company also helps because I have to get up and get out. Otherwise I would probably curl up and cry all day. Walking a dog also connects you to others with dogs that stop and talk.  This has been my therapy and it helps. But when you come home and see that empty bed or chair. Or you make something to eat. Or watch the news. It hits you that you no longer have someone to share with. That warmth in the room is gone.  Sorry I tend to ramble. My husband didn't make it home. He could still walk when he went in but couldn't breathe. He just kept going down once he got there and they tried to save him but he finally said he couldn't take it anymore. thanks for letting me ramble. If I could I would hug you. My local hospice society is offering groups maybe you have one locally. They can help. 
 
Réponse de Pammie
28 avr. 2021, 17 h 11

I'm so glad my sharing with you helps in some small way. Please feel free to ramble as you choose. I listen, won't judge,  and won't give  definitive solutions to your pain. We'll all have to find our way, it seems. If any of what I  ramble about here helps in any way, please use it as I would truly love to help if I may. I just don't have answers, not even to my own questions. I can tell you some of my stories as I think by listening to others in similar situations helps me in this present new and painful loneliness of the spirit.  And I'm thankkful that our stories resonate with each other and that in turn I can help you. 
 
Réponse de Babasarah
28 avr. 2021, 22 h 47

Share anything you like if it helps you. I thought all the wonderful memories we made together would comfort me. I'm an amateur photographer so have loads of pictures and videos  But right now all they do is remind me he isn't here to share the memories with anymore so I don't no I can't ,look at them.  Hopefully one day. I kept saying that to him all day on the last day. " oh what a life we had. It was full and happy"  now it is empty and sad. 
 
Réponse de Pammie
29 avr. 2021, 2 h 55

Mine, especially the travel shots,  bring up all the other trips we will never ever be able to take together....The past 5 years were filled with cancer treatments and being ill. Initially we did take a few very short trips  locally and had a fabulous time of course. I'm trying very hard to voluntarily shift my focus from the trips we'll never take to the memories of the  ones we did go on and, above all, to be grateful that we did do those.
But the big question: When I look at a photo and they make me so overwhelminkly sad and tears are pouring down my face, how can I convince muyself to be happy instead? 
 
Réponse de Babasarah
29 avr. 2021, 4 h 17

You can't right now. At least I can't now. Hopefully one day. Everyone keeps telling me it takes time to do that And it's too soon. This from women who have lost their loves a few years ago. I'm tempted to sell because I feel him everywhere. Then I think how he and I bought this together but it was my choice. he wanted me happy. So I am going to paint and make a few changes first. I sit in his chair trying to feel him. I hug his bath robe and pretend I'm hugging him. I smell his pillow to try and capture his essence, i play video to hear his voice   I know I have to let go but it is so hard. It sounds like we both became care givers and even though we knew it wouldn't be long we still weren't ready. 


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