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Grief and Bereavement
Archives for January 2012
Discussion List
The cost of your loved ones treatment
I am wondering if when your loved one had cancer, did you sweat over the bills for their treatment? I wanted my wife to get the best care, and I believe she did. However, it was sobering when I saw bills for her chemotherapy alone that averaged $50,000 per treatment. She was covered on my group plan thru my employer and…
Why, why, why!!!
I continue to visit my husbands grave once/twice a week. Today there was a new grave. It was for a 10 yr. old little girl who died of brain cancer. The same monster that took my husband. Two headstones away is the grave of a 19 yr. young man who also died of GBM. I wanted to scream, WHY. This makes no sense to me that all…
Lost my mom a month ago to cancer, and not sure how to deal with it..
Hello. My name is Julia and I am new to this site. On December 1st at 6:30 I lost my mom to leukemia. My mom had gone through a lot and it was so hard to watch her deteriorate before my eyes. She was diagnosed in March and the doctors all said that because shewas 50 that she had a really good chance on fighting and…
How can we explain to friends and family what we're feeling and by the way what AM I feeling? A hope
A short story that in a somewhat light fashion (and who can't use a little of that now and again?) will help you frame yourself and tell friends and family what you might be going through. The blog is heartfelt,powerful and a little edgy with some offbeat cancer humor because it we don't laugh we'll cry right? Anyway, here…
There IS hope - The Color of Rain This is really helping me with the loss of my young wife
The link to the story is here: http://hoogenakker.net/?p=534 This site is personal and there are a few short stories that are different than other posts. They're heartfelt and powerful, but nobody ever says they're depressing (well maybe the Hospice story) If you get any relief from this, or know of anyone who can, please…
The Long Drive Home
I don't know what it is but driving home after work every time is so emotional for me. I swear I can feel my moms pressence in my truck and see her little head ( my mom was a very tiny woman 4ft 6 and no she wasn't a midget and I feared for anyone who would ever ask her that LOL ) looking all around our the windows…
Dad is no longer suffering
Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that Dad is no longer suffering. He passed away on January 12th. (I will go ahead and say I have to type this somewhere. It has been a really hard year, and you may not want to read as I recount the last weeks and hours.) I had posted that we had to move to hospice care after…
I am trying to stay sane.
I guess this is the place. I posted a month ago about my husband talking about death. Well, every week-maybe once, he talks about dying. Then suddenly he starts talking of all of these plans about going places and doing things around the house. Last two weeks he started talking about how he wants his funeral. Then one day…
Can't look at moms picture
Today it is exactly 1 month since my mom has been gone. I remain puzzled at all that took place. Last year at this time she was completely healthy. At least she appeared healthy at this time last year. Febuary was the month we began our journey into the depths of hell. This feels so odd but I can't look at her photos for…