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I just lost my wife

It's been a week. That's all. I'm lost.

She had seizures. A bunch of them. Back to back. They had to sedate her to make them stop. She was under for a week before the seizures finally stopped. And they did stop. She beat them. She'd made it 24 hours without any abnormal brain activity and they were going to wake her up. But before they could do so, her heart stopped. They couldn't get it started again. I don't think she wanted to let them get it started again. I think she was tired. She wasn't even 60 years old yet and there was a lot of life left. But she'd been fighting epilepsy for so long and each time these cluster seizures came, they were worse than before and harder to stop. I think she just wanted to go home.

We'd been together for ten years. All that time, we lived in apartments. I'd been promising her a house and we finally got one. And now she's left me alone in it.

I don't know how to do this. I don't know how to be alone. I was alone most of my life but she came and changed everything. Now I don't remember how to do the solo act.

We didn't have any children together, but I have two of my own. Grown, but still too young to lose their father. Otherwise, I'd have already ditched this world and gone to be with her.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry for all the things she won't get to do and for all the things that I'll have to do alone. I'm sorry I'm still alive. I'm sorry I feel this way.

I don't know how to do this.
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anoderod55 · 61-69, M
Sorry to hear of the loss of your wife/love 🙏🕯🙏

I've mentioned to my wife that she can't go first .
LustAndMadness · 51-55, M
@anoderod55 The truth is, I always knew I would live longer than my wife. With so many ailments, she got confused sometimes. I had to take over her medications. She would forget some or take too many of others. So I was very familiar with just how many pills she had to take every day. I knew her health would shorten her life. But this. I wasn't prepared for this. I figured we had another decade together. My family lives into their 80s. So does hers, but not with so many health issues. I figured I would have her till she was 70 or so. But she wasn't even 60 yet.

I've heard people say that about wanting the other spouse to go first. I wonder if you've thought that through. I wouldn't want my wife to go through what I'm going through right now. And with her health problems, I don't think she could have survived very long without me. That's not arrogance on my part. I just know how lost she would have been. Her greatest fear was being alone. She had nightmares about it. Are you sure you want to leave your wife alone?
anoderod55 · 61-69, M
@LustAndMadness I said i don't want her to go first . She can't leave me all alone . I don't like being alone 😩
LustAndMadness · 51-55, M
@anoderod55 That's my point. You'd rather leave her alone. Give that some thought. Is that really what you would want for her?