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Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Jul 18, 2023 | Replies (19)
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The part of your letter that spoke most to me is where you wrote about other people having their own lives to build and crosses to bear. It's helpful to keep that perspective. When one of my brothers died of painful pancreatic cancer at 49 years old, I hated the springtime for daring to have flowers and sunshine in the face of such pain. Now that I'm in pain again watching my husband with dementia, it's good to be reminded that my friends and our families have a need and a responsibility to continue with their own journeys. They can't begin to understand my anxiety or pain, and that's as it should be.
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I, too, lost a sibling in the Spring to the pain of pancreatic cancer. She was my baby sister, youngest of 3, a very young 61 years old, and in April. It was not fair. Pancreatic cancer, as you know, is a terrible disease and so hard to diagnose while there is still time to treat it. Last Fall, I lost my other sister (the “middle child”) to heart attack, and my husband just recently lost his sister to Alzheimer’s…and we fear we are headed down that path. I say this only so you feel so not alone…not for sympath. We all have different battles to face, and our family and friends will support us in the way that is best for them. Hugs to you…and please let us know how you are doing.