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Thanks for sharing, everyone. It will be 2 years since I lost my mom on 10/21. Six months after I lost her, I moved to West Africa to start a really hard job. Big surprise, about a year in a got slammed by some pretty serious depression. This job is so hard and the country is super isolating...

I see myself in all of you. Three months on, and it feels almost like it was yesterday that my mom passed. We were so close - although now, with time to reflect, the real closeness started to fade when she got sick and things got so hard. I'm really starting to grieve for the loss of her before...

I'm so sorry for your loss, Gil. You must also feel relieved. Now, a new chapter begins. It's been three months since my mom passed and it feels like yesterday.

It's been 10 days and it's finally starting to sink in. I'm looking through old photos and starting to really remember her before the ALS. I miss her so much - the days ahead, alone, feel impossible. I know that day by day is the only way to do it, but even each day feels like a mountain to climb.

Thank you all for your kind words and for your support throughout. You are all amazing, strong, compassionate people. You have helped me more than you know.

Well, it's happened. Thea Greenhalgh, the best mother ever, beloved sister, aunt, cousin, and friend, passed away peacefully this morning at 8:12. After fighting hard for the past several days and finally moving her to hospice last night, this morning she had very poor vitals. They couldn't even...

We are moving her to in-patient hospice today, away from the hospital. We are planning to stop fluids and antibiotics. They said it can cause edema and other issues as the body stops being able to process fluids and formula. And yet, because she has had limb onset, her diaphragm is kind of the...

She is being given nutrition and fluids and antibiotics still. One of the doctors mentioned that at some point I should think about whether I want to discontinue those as well. I wasn't sure at the time. Watching this drawn out suffering makes me think that we should? I feel like I am actively...

What a crazy time. Had a long meeting with the palliative care team yesterday and determined that we don't want her to be on the BiPAP 24/7 because it is against her advance directive. But finding the right combination and amount of meds to keep her comfortable just on O2 has been quite a...

My mom is in a similar stage right now. I keep wondering the same things.