Life is unbearable without my soulmate

Hi 

Dont know how I got here or even why I'm writing this but here I am.

So my wife the most beautiful creature on this planet , the most caring , kind and gentle person i ever met got cancer and died in my arms at our home where my 15 year old son and i nursed her day and night between us for a long 10 months that i now wish had never ended despite the pain. 

My wife was just turned 38 when she died we were together from 17 , we have 3 children and a 2 year old grandson. 

For 2 years I took her and took her to the doctors about her tummy but they never *** listen they just come up with some fantastical *** about what they THINK it is as *** you off out the door with green slips for high earning pharmaceuticals! She even had a scan 18 months before diagnosis where they saw a 10mm shadow on her liver and decided no further investigation was necessary then in 2020 I got fed up took her to the hospital and demanded a CT scan we had been asking for for over a year as she couldn't walk .... they did it as they thought she may have appendicitis and low and behold ot was stage 4 bowel and liver cancer. We were *** devastated and so angry.

We made the decision to have quality over quantity and for me to be signed off by the GP to administer pain meds SC and just manage her symptoms with no interference except the wonderful nurses that called once a day in the last 2 months to order new pain meds , make sure my paperwork was upto scratch and help us get a bed , liquid foods etc.

After 3 months we returned the quacks at hospital who said ... hey good job you didnt have the surgery your bowel cancers have hardly grown but your liver tumours have grown rapidly so you would have put yourself through that for no reason ... phew .... IDIOTS 

We had some really good months choosing our own path , we laughed , when out into nature , cuddled , held hands and just loved and cherished each other then the liver grew Grew and GREW  My Em looked 9 months pregnant by the time she died her final weeks were horrendous but neither of us had any regrets. Over our last time together we forgave each other everything we felt we had too , We loved each other unconditional,  I carried her to the loo and bath until the day she died so she kept her dignity. Her last ever words were "I love you , I always will"

She breathed her last breath in my arms laid between my son and I after waking briefly to grasp his hand and look into my eyes and I told her "go baby , it's okay go , I love you"

Our daughters arrived minutes after she passed and we wailed , screamed , roared aloud in pain and anguish and then we bathed and cleaned her after she died and dressed her in what she had requested so nobody saw her naked. We cut her hair and painted her nails.

They came and took her away as I tried so hard not to crumble but fell to the floor. On her funeral we carried her into the crem , we had no orator or clergy I conducted her service from start to finish as she requested. 

Now 3months later my boy and I are home with no wife , no mother. The person i knew and loved from 17 to 38 is gone. The only person who ever cared about me and saved me from destruction and a savage childhood , the one who calmed my soul GONE .... 

Everyday we cry , everyday we try to stay positive, nobody seems to truly grasp what we went through or the complete sense of loss we feel so everyday both of us wish with all of our beings we had just died with our Em 

Thanks for listening 

Chris and Boedi

  • You got this buddy , just do like I do ... they are there with us so ask them for help and guidance. I truly believe we are more than we see in the mirror as i FEEL her it's not a thought or of my mind mate. Keep pushing forth man x 

  • Hi Christopher,

    just got to say this is one of the hardest things I've ever read so I can't even begin to imagine what you and your family are going through. 
     

    so sorry for your loss mate.

    Adam 

  • My Dear Chris

     

    God knows how you are coping - just put onr foot in front of the other - nothing will change you have lost the love of your life.  You have to honour her memory and keep on going - she would want you to live for now and you know  she is still there in your heart and soul.  She had no choice and now she is loving you from somewhere else x continue your life as best you can xx treasure what you had together it belongs to just you and her x she will always be there - memories - andd who know what comes next x

    I am the other way round I am Grade 4 lung and lymph node terminal probably 6 months - i love my husband but have only showed him anger because i dont want to die xx I dont want to leave him and my three sons but  there is nothing left x  No one can talk about my death or illness they pretend it is ok .  I have sort of accepted it but get very emotional when on my own - but no one would know i am dying.  God Bless there are good people ut here i hope you will one day accept what has happened - i cannot imagine the grief you are going through and am dreading it will be the same for my husbandx

    Stay safe and remember the good times xx Load of crap I know but I and you and thousands od others go through it xx Take care xx Love Kathaleen xx London

  • Hi Adam 

    Thank you for your heartfelt message mate. I feel gladdened by the responses I've had from folk like yourself that reach out to those of us that need and I hope that by sharing my beautiful girls story others will feel less alone in the horror of cancer during and before.

     

    Kind regards 

    Chris and family 

  • Good morning Kathleen 

    Thank you so much for sharing with me. I know where you are coming from as Em and I were both very scared in the beginning of stage 4 and we tried EVERYTHING out there from cbd to THC to herbal root cures   going vegan and cutting out sugar then as Em got worse and worse we made the call together for her to have EVERYTHING she wanted and whilst she could still eat and drink that's what happened. 

    Even when the hospital bed was delivered downstairs I would lay with her for hours watching our favourite movies , listening to our favourite songs and we truly just LOVED each other with ZERO conditions or requirements it was such a heart wrenching but utterly beautiful time and I am so so glad she was so brave to live it her way and my son and I were brave enough to support her every decision and she lived and died surrounded by love with her boys. 

    It's so hard to write this to you and my tears are falling as I remember the joy and the pain we shared and also as I fully can feel your emotions and fear but please beautiful soul with this time you have RELEASE the fear of the future and be fully present each day through your pain with your loved ones and although we are all different please know we are all the same and all connected. 

    My heart and my live to you and my strength to your hubby for now and after you leave such a huge void in his life. Tell him like Em did me that you will ALWAYS be by his side and find ways for him to know. 

    We are more than just this body 

    All my love 

    Chris xx

  • Hi Chris hope your ok ? Thank you for taking to me  I'm trying to think like yourself it's so hard not to fall! I can feel my wife with me most of the  time  just can't see her by my side yet if that makes sense?  I have  her in my head with home schooling   And even bringing my boy s up I no she s got my back.  The hard part s is going out   Places like the beach we go a lot just feel so sad  as I don't feel her just miss what I had!  As for going back to her ( that's what I want) just very  very hard to see that will happen I want it to do much and want to live to make her even more happy  hope she can see me trying !!?

  • Hi Chris man 

    Bro I hear you so loud and clear dude. I see Em everywhere I go and my heart breaks all over again but that's a memory and needs to be treasured which will happen one day but for now we need to grieve at that loss , to cry , to scream up at the sky and shout WHYYYYYYYYYY! That is all part of grieving bro but what we have to do after the scream , after letting it all go is feel them , see their smiles as we pick ourselves up and carry on .... What soul mate wouldn't be proud of that in their partner whether on this earth plane or not. 

    Last week I moved all of Emz , Boe and my personal effects into our RV and Today and then again tomorrow I am moving our entire house into storage , giving the landlord the keys back on the 31st and Boe and I are going to travel to all the places Em had on her bucket list and scatter ashes at each place and I am going to create a VLOG of the journey 

     

    Speak soon bro 

  • Just message me here bro anytime you wanna talk I still have my mobile and unlimited data x