gooseberry
Extremely helpful member
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2014
- Messages
- 3,501
- Reason
- Lost a loved one
- Diagnosis
- 5/2014
- Country
- US
- State
- FL
- City
- Tampa
10 months after Steve has died, we have made it through the holidays. Boy was it tough.
It has been very hard establishing this new life. Things I craved when Steve was with us and I felt guilty about, are slowly happening. It is hard to learn to sit and unwind your mind.
I have been having memory issues since a vacation in June. They feel it is the aftermath of caring for him and not something biological...more fatigue and stress.
All the doctors I have seen say to do what makes me happy. That is incredibly difficult because I no longer know what brings me joy.
For us, this has become a time of discovery, growth, and learning about our new selves. ALS has shaped us in different ways.
It has been very hard establishing this new life. Things I craved when Steve was with us and I felt guilty about, are slowly happening. It is hard to learn to sit and unwind your mind.
I have been having memory issues since a vacation in June. They feel it is the aftermath of caring for him and not something biological...more fatigue and stress.
All the doctors I have seen say to do what makes me happy. That is incredibly difficult because I no longer know what brings me joy.
For us, this has become a time of discovery, growth, and learning about our new selves. ALS has shaped us in different ways.