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I wish I could say "I can't imagine", but I can. My beloved grandmother who lived with us when I was growing up, my dad, my brother all gone too early from the inexorability of terminal illness. And now my wife, afflicted with the gradual but irreversible, inexorable degradation of amyloid plaque on the brain is slowly slipping away. It is hard not surrender to the sadness. Caregiving was something my mom did well. She lived to age 98 with (as she was glad to say) all her "teeth and all her marbles" Alas, a successful artist and craftsperson, wet AMD robbed her of her sight. But she never lost her creative, positive, courageous spirit. I only hope God will give me the strength of spirit to follow her example. Only time will tell.
I am not a religious person in any conventional sense. But I do believe unequivocally in the power of prayer from personal experience. As I have said before on this platform, prayer is palliative, which is the discernable miracle of it. It heals both the giver as well as the recipient. You most certainly have all you desire from me.
Meanwhile, making music, building model ships, and reading material I find inspirational, humorous and positive aloud with my wife has gone a long way to smooth the road I'm on.
I hope sharing this brings you some companionship, empathy and comfort.

With utmost sincerity, Pete Gutterman
 
Magic Mike said:
Spars, you and your son are in our prayers. I have three family members and/or friends that are fighting cancers of the brain. Regards, Magic Mike
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There are more than enough shared struggles here to fill out all our prayer lists. And it looks like ample love, caring and compassion to go around. Hope is a rising tide that lifts all boats.
 
Peter Gutterman said:
I wish I could say "I can't imagine", but I can. My beloved grandmother who lived with us when I was growing up, my dad, my brother all gone too early from the inexorability of terminal illness. And now my wife, afflicted with the gradual but irreversible, inexorable degradation of amyloid plaque on the brain is slowly slipping away. It is hard not surrender to the sadness. Caregiving was something my mom did well. She lived to age 98 with (as she was glad to say) all her "teeth and all her marbles" Alas, a successful artist and craftsperson, wet AMD robbed her of her sight. But she never lost her creative, positive, courageous spirit. I only hope God will give me the strength of spirit to follow her example. Only time will tell.
I am not a religious person in any conventional sense. But I do believe unequivocally in the power of prayer from personal experience. As I have said before on this platform, prayer is palliative, which is the discernable miracle of it. It heals both the giver as well as the recipient. You most certainly have all you desire from me.
Meanwhile, making music, building model ships, and reading material I find inspirational, humorous and positive aloud with my wife has gone a long way to smooth the road I'm on.
I hope sharing this brings you some companionship, empathy and comfort.

With utmost sincerity, Pete Gutterman
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You are having a long, difficult journey. I can empathsize about your wife. It took small cell lung cancer to kill her. Once I was a soldier and thiught myself tough. NOT SO. Any time I have for ship modeling helps clear my head. Solving building challenges, small as they are, helps me tackle larger ones.Facing this next hurdle with a nonverbal patient is hard.I agree the tempter known as the devil will take that and use it. I daily read1 Corinthians 10:13. The challenges I face are no more that what others face and GOD makes the way to resist.
 
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