My most sincere condolences and sympathies.
I lost my father when I was 5 years old. I still miss him now.
I now have a son and intend to spend every free minute with him so that he knows how much I love him.
My father was taken from me by cancer and I will do everything in my power to ensure that I’m still around for my son.
Again my hearfelt sympathies go to you and your family.
Kind Regards
Stubob.
Sorry to hear about your loss,46 years old is young, really young, it scares me to think how one minute you are here and the next you are with your maker. I am in my 50’s and consider myself lucky to be a healthy as I am even though I have some problems it could be worse. So hang in there and be strong your Dad would be proud of you…from all your cross country pals
One of my good friends lost his dad this Sunday, he was 56. Seems so young.
Life is fragile. I’m really sorry to hear about your loss. Take care,
B.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I said a prayer for your dad. I lost my dad when I was 11 and he was living back in his hometown in Sicily. I didn’t get to go the funeral because my “family” there didn’t call us until it was too late. He was 52.
Though it hurts beyond belief now, please appreciate the fact that you lived with him and were able to spend your whole life with him.
Stay strong and honor his memory.
Boondoggler,
I know the very last thing you need to hear right now is another “I’m sorry”. Instead, I’ll offer you my experience through a post I wrote on this past Christmas Eve.
"As some of you may know, I lost my father on November 25th of this year. After 14 months of misdiagnosed back pain my dad was rushed to the hospital in unbelievable pain. Despite a high white blood cell count the internist medically cleared him and he was admitted to psychiatry. The diagnosis was that he was sufferring from somatic delusions (i.e., the pain was in his head). They took him off all pain medications except for a tylenol every four hours and let him lie there in agony. When I visited my dad he told me that he was scared and that he was dying. He told me that he was rotting inside and that he was slowly shutting down. I assured him that all was fine. He hugged me the tightest I’ve ever been held and said “I love you Mark”. This was the last time I heard those words from my dad.
A week later his heart failed and he was admitted to the intensive care unit. They discovered that his bowel had lost its blood supply and been rotting for the whole time. His kidneys shut off and his heart had stopped. After a week of fighting my dad finally lost his battle.
I want to thank my dad openly for making me the man I am today. I want to thank him for teaching me the things I know and for instilling in me the qualities that make me a true T-man. Dad, it is because of you that I am the person I am. I want to tell him that I love him. The sad truth is that I’ll never get to tell him this.
All I ask is that this Christmas, while you have the chance, take the day off and tell everyone how you feel about them. There may not be a tomorrow.
I feel your pain more than you can know. If you need us we’re here.
I’m sorry to hear that your father passed away. Just remember that death is not the end, it’s only the beginning of something better and you will see him again someday. If you need to chat, PM me.
My condolences to you.
Sorry to read about your father.You will see him again someday.
boon,
sorry to hear your dad is no longer with you, although he is watching over you, so make him proud.
2 years ago my grandma was diagnosed with stomach, cancer and the doctors gave her 2 months to live, she is still here but it hurts me to see how much she is suffering and slowly leaving us, she is good one day and really bad another, she lives out of the country so everyone flyes down to see her as much as we can, i lived with her for 5 years so i’ve always been really close to her and now i go see her as much as my family and work permits. it seems like your dad passed really fast and he didn’t suffer for a long time and that my friend is a good thing, now that i see how painfull it is for the person with a long term illness and how they suffer to know that they soon will die and leave their families. what i hate the most is to see how much pain she is in, sometimes i want it to be all over, but i don’t want to loose her either, i just don’t want her to be in pain anymore.
i’m really glad for t-mag and the support that its members have given you. im pretty new to it, first time i logged on as last week, and today i’m really, really glad i did, just to see how many replies you’ve received and all the kind words makes me realize that we are all a good bunch of people.
let us know how you are doing…
malena