Thanks guys. I've been to the funeral of 3 family members so far this year, and the upcoming one (we don't have a date yet) is for a friend that has been so close my kids called him 'Uncle Bob'.
Lost hubby's aunt after a long battle with liver and pancreas issues. Sad, but I was glad to see her not suffering or being highlighter yellow from head to toe. She was THAT sick. She died two days after my husband turned 36 in March.
While she was in hospice my Dad had called, his brother suddenly developed dementia for unknown reasons. Found out in April that the uncle had a rare brain disorder, I can't remember what it is called now, but basically your brain just starts to die off from the inside out, and it only affects 1 in about a million people. We buried him in June.
In July, one of Robbie's very elderly uncles passed away. He had served in WWI and was always so lively, his death was just so unexpected it caught all of us off guard. If I remember correctly, he just up and died in his sleep.
'Uncle' Bob was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus (someone correct me if I spelled that wrong, please) in April. The doctor has said it was very small, only about 5 cm. But it was in the esophagus near the heart and lung. I had just talked to him not two weeks ago, said that he was doing good, and had only had one minor heart attack as HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE COME HOME LAST TUESDAY. Instead he ended up staying because he started having chronic heart failure. I don't even know if it was due to complications from the chemo or if he was lying about how well he was doing to keep everyone from fretting. All of his family lives in Ohio, but his brother has come down to get his dog and take care of him. I did find out that they decided to have the funeral here since that is where all of his friends and adopted family lives, but I haven't heard anything else yet.
I had to leave ECF chat yesterday after I found out. I was so ...... off at the world and the divine that if I had stayed on there, I would have gotten kicked or worse, my brain was filled to the brim with anger and cuss words.
The only part of this that I can chuckle about is that I vaped during all of this. If I had still been smoking with all of this going on, I'm pretty sure I would have managed to burn the house down with all the ciggy butts.
I feel better today than I did yesterday, but every time I think about it, I tear up and want to go on a 'cuss like a sailor' streak.
.............LOL !!!
