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    About Me

    Just a hard-working midwesterner who got fed up with the snows of Michigan, found a great job in SoCal, great neighborhood and planned a super future that is now merely a broken dream.

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    Reading, writing, listening, swimming, going to ball games, watching hockey, the beach, the sunsets, falling asleep to the sound of the ocean, and Murder She Wrote, HA!

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    • My husband, the Icon

      Mood July 15, 2008 11:46pm

       

      My husband, Rick, was diagnosed with ocular melanoma on April 1, 2005.  That's no foolin'.  He died June 16, 2008.  In …

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      From gravelady July 19

      It's not an easy road to travel, but having a place to go for support and encouragement like here is going to help you to keep moving forward. I'm about 10 months ahead of you in the healing process, so I understand what it's like. You'll come out of the dark tunnel to the sunshine again. Please accept these flowers as a token of friendship.

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      From DianneW July 18

      Sometimes you feel a little better, but it is with you all the time. It has been 13 mths for me and somedays it still hits me like a tonne of bricks. One foot in front of the other that is all you can do and remember the good times they gave me comfort.

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      From DianneW July 16

      My heart goes out to you. Keep your chin up you will survive somehow.

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      From Jillyj July 15

      Fellow San Diegan, I am so sorry for the loss of your precious husband and hope you find the strength and support here that I have in the past month since I joined. You are not alone.

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    • Close Widows & Widowers

      My husband of 13 years died on June 16 and I'm having difficulty coping alone. He was 57. We were 'young' and our dream was so close, but it died with him. He had been fighting ocular melanoma for 3 years. The caregiving wore me out and now I have no reserve energy to care about a darn thing right now.

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      Psychotherapy Working / Worked
      Starting tomorrow. Just had grief counseling through hospice. Huge help.
      Writing Working / Worked
      Writing always helps. Its just hard to get motivated.
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