Lost my husband he was 59

I'm new to this forum my husband Charles was diagnosed in December of 2017 and passed away July 7th of 2018 of stage 4 lung cancer it had metastasized to his brain is Skull lymph nodes and his bones the doctors gave him a year-and-a-half in May and he was gone in 2 months I am devastated my husband was 59 years old I'm 63 and I just don't know what to do I am literally sick on my stomach and I cry everyday I hope this forum helps and I'm glad I found somebody or some people  in the same position I am but is the hardest thing I've ever been through I lost my mother in April of 2017 I go to my first support group in 2 days but if anybody has any suggestions on how I can get through this it's just we've got to find a cure for this cancer and I would never ever love another man like I love my husband and he loved me so much at the end he was still worried about how I was cutting the grass and paying the mortgage and he was unable to do anything but lay he was so weak and he started having seizures and it was horrible

  • Hello Merybp; I am so sorry about what you are going through.   I think that there is no easy answer to getting through this; it may sound trite but time is the great healer, helped by support and love from family and friends.  Everyone has to find their own way of feeling their way through this; what is right for one person may not be so good for another.  So do whatever feels right for yourself.  We don't "get over" losing someone we love - I think we learn to assimilate it into the people we are and we live with the bittersweet memories of loved ones.  But it all takes time.

    It is awful to see the person you love most going through such an awful time.  I hope your husband was getting good pain relief and care - I know he will have been getting good loving care from yourself. 

    I am attaching some information about grieving  from this website which I hope is helpful.  Do keep posting here if you ant to let your feelings out or just talk with someone.  Annie.

    www.cancerresearchuk.org/.../after-someone-dies