The last post I made on this blog was Anzac Day, which was roughly three weeks ago. It was also the day my Father was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer and went into hospital. Complications caused by that cancer ended my Dad’s life early last week, only two weeks later. He was 67 years old.
As you can imagine (or if you’ve been through something similar) this has been a shock to all our family and friends, particularly considering how healthy Dad had been for most of his life. Naturally it’s also made us all look at our own lives and how we’ve been living them and all I can say is don’t take anybody you care about for granted because they may be gone tomorrow.
We visited Dad every day he was in hospital and then we had to organise and attend his funeral, which explains the lack of posts in the last month or so. Hopefully I’ll start posting again soon.
Take care.
Sorry to hear about your loss Stu. My best wishes to you and the rest of the family and I hope everyone can work through this.
Bad luck Stu, I lost my Granda (who you may remember from our “take me to your leader” comp) the same way. If it’s any consolation, at least your old boy passed away relatively quickly. There’s not many things worse than watching someone suffering a long protracted illness. Granda lasted months, and it very upsetting watching such a fit old geezer waste away like that. All the best.
So Sorry to here of your loss , not much worse than watching loved ones leave , for their reward - ( i work in a Hospital ) enjoy your family and life while you still can ,
have seen a few men waste away from 110kg down to 45kg , not nice at all . . . . so grab life and spend time with those you love , doing what you love and everything in moderation , including moderation !!! .
Sorry for your loss. The same thing happened to me, my father passed away a year and a half ago after a two-year cancer fight, at age 58. I can understand what you’re going through.
I’ll also toss in my condolences for your loss. Don’t worry about posting for us. Take care of your family and yourself first.
Shocked and very sorry for your loss. Words always seem to fail me in these types of messages. Please keep in mind that you and your family are in my family’s thoughts.
God Bless. My prayers are with you and your family.
Sorry to hear of your loss - words only go a little way to fill the gap. Remember the good times you had together with a smile in your heart. Thinking about you and your family Andrew.
Sincere condolences. Stu, all I can say is that I can feel somewhat with you since I had to experience someone within the family to have cancer, too. This is a really hard experience. All the best for you and your family!
Best wishes to you and yours Buddy. My Nan is in Hospital at the moment, this year shes broken an arm, then her hip and shes recently got an infection. Shes not doing so good. worst of all is shes been in hospital so long she lost her room at the home (which she only got after breaking her arm).
Thanks for the kind words everybody and stay tuned as things will get back to normal shortly. Life must go on after all, just rather differently…