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Originally Posted by Daquan13  Thank you for sharing that.
I even have trouble walking up a street that's even slightly inclined!
The saddest part of this sometimes devistating disease is that one of my brothers had it, and he did not follow his doc's orders, loved to party and drink and still ate unhealthy He was taking his meds, but the alcohol consumption that he enduldged in had caught up with him.
He had a stroke and died several days later on Chistmas morning, '04 from a cardiac arrest. It was very sad, painful and devistating to have to lose him!! He was my closest brother. He would always want me to go to SC and visit him, which I always happily did.
My last trip there was the sad one. Watching him lie in that casket, I just couldn't deal with that, broke down and cried for a few days. Even today, I still cry if I think about him hard enough. |
Hey Daquan...and thank you for sharing also..
This disease too took my father from me...now I know exactly what woes he experienced...the physical and the mental anguish from this debilitating disease. I too had my battles with alcohol..been working on sobriety for many years now...as they say one day at a time. I am certainly sorry to hear of your loss with your brother..how devastating..it serves to remind us how short life truly can be when physical problems attach themselves to us. Remember Daquan if you have chosen to eat well and take care of yourself then you are taking preventive measures for your very future..its the first step...food can be the enemy or aid in the hopeful cure..keeping the mind triggered to do the right thing and not fall to despair is an on-going task in a walk disturbed by sickness. When family is taken from us with sickness its un-fathomable..and we bare the burden to go on and carry the pain..it gets better with time and whatever spiritual aid we allow in our lives to help..and eventually we find peace by letting go and trusting a higher power that will bring us to a better understanding in our search for peace.
Sherri