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@dj2121, that is so fast. Your world must have been and perhaps still is turned upside down. I want to let you know about the Loss & Grief support group here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/loss-grief/

This year of "firsts" without him must be especially hard. How are you doing?

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@colleenyoung
Thank you for asking. Yes. It was and still is a traumatic experience for me. In many ways I believed he would "pull through", which gave us both false hopes and it caused me to feel as if I let him down somehow not acknowledging the inevitable. Of course, losing a beloved spouse from cancer is a terrible thing for the surviving spouse to experience. Just heart breaking. I'm doing the best I can. Day to day. Depression would love to take over my life, so I do struggle to maintain a healthy mind. So far so good. I'm still here. Like many, there are days that I wonder what my purpose is now that I am no longer a wife. I don't have that answer yet. Grief is powerful. Love is powerful too. I'm caught between the two. To answer you question; I'm Ok.