Rachel thank you for sharing such wonderful news. Amazing what a helping hand can do ... I've written about one or two in the past. So glad your dad was there to help.
It is VERY normal for you and/or loved ones to grief without even knowing it. Over time, you may experience the 5 stages of grief, but you'll eventually get through them. You sound a lot tougher than you think you are.
Here are the 5 stages: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and ultimately Acceptance. You may go through them out of sequence and revisit some more than once.
Please keep coming to MSWorld and let us know how you are doing. You just found tens of thousands of people that can relate to you, cheer for you, cry with you, encourage you and from time to time chide ya a bit (only because we care).
Don't be surprised if you tell some people and they do not respond like you think they should or how you would. People can be very strange.
I might suggest you call a girlfriend or 10 and have them come visit with you. Schedule them every 4-5 days apart so you have something to look forward to and they can help you around the house as needed. Don't be shy ... let them know you NEED HELP. Also schedule your dad to come back in a week or so. Find a neighbor or someone to run to the grocery store for you. The goal is to conserve your energy and to stay lifted (as Susan would say).
There are so many things you can do --- girls facial night, chick flick movie night, have a girls party for your daughter and let one of the OTHER mothers throw it and pick up your girl. That will give you time to collapse for a few hours, or come to trivia this Friday in the chatroom and laugh with us.
I'll stop rambling now, but suffice it to say more people are cheering for you than you'll ever know. In the future some new person will come here and this very post will help them in their time of need. That is the beauty of MSWorld and patients helping patients.
Godspeed young lady ...
It is VERY normal for you and/or loved ones to grief without even knowing it. Over time, you may experience the 5 stages of grief, but you'll eventually get through them. You sound a lot tougher than you think you are.
Here are the 5 stages: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and ultimately Acceptance. You may go through them out of sequence and revisit some more than once.
Please keep coming to MSWorld and let us know how you are doing. You just found tens of thousands of people that can relate to you, cheer for you, cry with you, encourage you and from time to time chide ya a bit (only because we care).
Don't be surprised if you tell some people and they do not respond like you think they should or how you would. People can be very strange.
I might suggest you call a girlfriend or 10 and have them come visit with you. Schedule them every 4-5 days apart so you have something to look forward to and they can help you around the house as needed. Don't be shy ... let them know you NEED HELP. Also schedule your dad to come back in a week or so. Find a neighbor or someone to run to the grocery store for you. The goal is to conserve your energy and to stay lifted (as Susan would say).
There are so many things you can do --- girls facial night, chick flick movie night, have a girls party for your daughter and let one of the OTHER mothers throw it and pick up your girl. That will give you time to collapse for a few hours, or come to trivia this Friday in the chatroom and laugh with us.
I'll stop rambling now, but suffice it to say more people are cheering for you than you'll ever know. In the future some new person will come here and this very post will help them in their time of need. That is the beauty of MSWorld and patients helping patients.
Godspeed young lady ...
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