Dear Karen8,
YOU are THE sunshine in this, a day of gloom. Living alone, after raising a family, now allows me to just SIT if necessary. I count my blessings to be able to prepare meals and do other basics. Like many of us in this situation, the world sees me smiling while breathlessly exhausted and sad inside because a rare incurable cancer is also present. I focus on my nine year old granddaugther saying that I am "seventy-nine and HOLDING." Alas, it's the "holding" part that is difficult, but no one else knows that.
Hence, one of the incredibly valuable aspects of everyone on this site is having friends near and far wherever they are." THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Hugs 4-ev-ahhh! Donnie46