Slow way to die, yet slipping away fast: So hard

Posted by ams @ams, 5 hours ago

I am looking at my husband as he sleeps in his lift chair. He fell last October and broke his hip. Until then he was mobile
Since then he has lost over 40 pounds. He is slipping away so fast. We have been married for 46 years. I am his caregiver, but his brain doesn't tell him that. I dislike the fact that he hates me at times. My point is, take it easy. Just think what his body is doing to him. It will be over too soon for me. Love, Annie

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wctdoc1943 | @wctdoc1943 | 4 hours ago

The man you love doesn't hate you. That person no longer inhabits this body. And that body is deteriorating as eveidenced by large weight loss and loss of mobility. Perhaps it would be helpful to ask what you would want if your positions were exchanged. I know what I would want.