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When things just don't get better

Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Nov 11, 2022 | Replies (147)

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@lacy2
JS, your description of how much your life has changed sounds very much like my wife. Exactly the same. She used to be a whirlwind around the house the first 30ish years of marriage. She was so involved in many projects. Like you we did not travel a lot during my working years, mostly just visiting family in Chicago and Detroit areas (we lived in Portland, Or.) as well as a few great trips to Hawaii and of course the trip to Canada on 2001, but that was over a span of 42 years. Since Linda got neuropathy from chemo in 2014 our travel has dwindled to pretty much nada. Because she is so debilitated by illness our lives have become very curtailed, even before covid. I can't believe we get along as well as we do. There are definitely tensions and arguments along the way but we care deeply for one another through everything. Still, I could envision a better life for us both than this one for sure. I do believe we are in God's hands, thank heavens we both have that going for us! Glad you are able to vent your feelings here on Connect. Certainly some good people here to pour them out to. Best to you, Hank

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One more thing, JS. Linda just reminded me that after people have open heart surgery they do sometimes have a change in personality which can last upwards of a year. Our next door neighbor had this happen. Nicest, most affable guy you'd ever want to know, and he and his wife Barb were very very happy together. After his heart surgery, Barb said his behavior changed dramatically, he became abusively angry sometimes. Linda said she wishes doctors were more proactive about telling the families of heart patients about this. Here is something I found about it online (I am sure you can find more): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20691392/
Best, Hank