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Would you be able to handle it if your significant other had a chronic illness? Do you think they would be able to handle the stress if you became ill?
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My grandfather 78 has had a lung removed very recently and now he has cancer closing in on his spine. His wife of seven years will not leave his side and tries to be so strong! My grandfather stood by her when she had breast cancer in their second year of marriage, His wife is handling it so well, I have only met her once and she loves me and I love her for taking such good care of him. I am so happy he found true love even though it was so late in life.
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Answer Date: 05:59pm 10/16/08
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I know I'd be able to handle it in front of them, but I would probably cry when I was alone. I tend to be "a rock" to others around me...
Answer Date: 06:45pm 09/28/08
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I will be honest. I did not handle blindness well.
Usually I handle illness just fine. I would be able to handle spouse illness just fine no matter the situation.
This can be s serious problem. Here is my very unscientific observation. Lets say you have a lifelong spouse and they become ill. Usually they take care of each other until both become incapacitated.
But suppose that spouse dies and then they remarry and that spouse becomes...
Usually I handle illness just fine. I would be able to handle spouse illness just fine no matter the situation.
This can be s serious problem. Here is my very unscientific observation. Lets say you have a lifelong spouse and they become ill. Usually they take care of each other until both become incapacitated.
But suppose that spouse dies and then they remarry and that spouse becomes...
Answer Date: 09:41pm 09/28/08
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I've only been with backhoe guy a few years, but he has to have two surgeries - he has carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands! We don't live together, but he's going to be staying with me during the recovery phase! I know he'd do the same for me in a heartbeat! Ah! So sweet!
Answer Date: 04:56am 09/29/08
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When a loved one is ill or dying then your strenght just comes out from within.This happened with my mother when i was young and i didn't go into shock or grieve until after she had passed. When my hubby had a major operation and needed 24hr care for a year i just did it. I don't know how but it all comes from within.It's a strenght that we don't know we have until we need it.
Answer Date: 05:44am 09/29/08
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That is an excellent question... and one worthy of asking... I question however if everyone will know the depth of that question... i just wrote a book about tragedy... for four years i have watched a mother take care of her son who sustained a tramatic brain injury in a car accident and it has been challenging.. I have often questioned if it were her spouce could she do the same for him... my answer would be no. i think it is up to the committment and devotion between the two to begin with... there would have to be a d...
Answer Date: 02:10am 10/03/08
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my partner has become very ill most days wakes with room spins nausea etc has liver disease, chronic arthritis, auto immune disease carple tunnel and neck problems, yes i still love him with all my heart and will take care of him always as he will not go to hospital, me i can not afford to get sick out of the question!!!!!!!!!!!
Answer Date: 09:02pm 10/10/08
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my dad was hospitalized last year for having a lung disease, being a health care provider in the family, i was able to explain to my mom and other relatives of ours the pros and cons of my dad's disease, and i handle my job not only to other people but to my families as well. my dad got well with the help of my relatives. 3 months ago, i was being diagnose of hyperthyroidism. After having thorough laboratory work ups, i told my family about the disease. they handle the stress very well because of medical explanation. It...
Answer Date: 03:43am 10/11/08
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“That is why a man will leave his father and his mother and he must stick to his wife and they must become one flesh.”—Gen. 2:24
When my husband diagnosed of terminal cancer, everything was dark but you are one, what he feels is what you feel. The pains that he suffered is a pain that you feel yourself. A feeling that you will be the first who will die before him. When he died half of my body died with him....
When my husband diagnosed of terminal cancer, everything was dark but you are one, what he feels is what you feel. The pains that he suffered is a pain that you feel yourself. A feeling that you will be the first who will die before him. When he died half of my body died with him....
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Nah... The Devil would be lost Without ME !!!
Hey where's the half a dozen Blood-red Cupcakes that I ordered ???
Hey where's the half a dozen Blood-red Cupcakes that I ordered ???
Answer Date: 05:26am 10/15/08
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