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Title: Things still not improving
Post by: RSJK on March 17, 2007, 21:43:55
Please someone fast forward the clock and get me out of 2007, I had to see a specialist last Tuesday because I have been having trouble getting my breath for these last 12 to 15 months, Got to go in  hospital this thursday to have some camera put down into my lungs now to see what is going on. Its just one thing after the other with me just lately.  Went to see my Father in the chapple of rest today as it is the funeral on Monday it suddenley hit me that this was my last chance to see him, what I would have given to bring him to life again, said a few words to himon how I missed him, loved him and thanked him for all the things that he taught me in life. My world just seems to be falling apart at the moment I know things must get better but at the moment, I do not know when and how.
 If there is a God hope he looks after Dad for me, he was a hard working man who looked after is children well and taught all eight of us how to respect other people and their property.
 If you can read this Dad  I love you and always will love you, you were the best.

   Loving Son  Richard
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: Marymary on March 17, 2007, 21:56:33
Oh Richard this is a terrible time for you.  All I can say is yes it will get better & I'm sure your dad knew how much he was loved - what more can any of us want? 

Take care & I hope it goes as well as it can on Monday.
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: Jeannine on March 17, 2007, 21:59:39
Hi Richard,it is difficult to know what to say to you as I can see you are really hurting just now,but if it helps in any tiny way I have been where you are and it does get easier.

It was  said in a previous thread that  your Dad is right by your side in spirit and it is possible to draw strength from that.

I have no doubt thatt there is a God and that your Dad is fine,I wish I could send my faith over to you but I cannot, but I can send  Christian love to you which I do with sincerity.

 Things look very black to you now,I can understand that very well but life will get better,in the meantime I am adding your name to my prayer chain.

Hang in their Richard, I am quite sure there are lots of people sending you similar messages of support and draw on the memories your Dad gave  you and the things he taught you, he sounded like a very special  man.

Please accept my Christian love and the prayers of my friends on the  chain.

XX Jeannine
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: manicscousers on March 17, 2007, 22:00:18
all the stress at the moment won't help you richard I'll remember you in my prayers tonight..things will get better try to get as much rest as you can..i've had the dreaded camera down there, not as bad as I'd imagined be with those you love and who care about you..take it easy, manic mal  :-* :)
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: markyb23 on March 17, 2007, 22:05:28
Hi Richard,
                  really sorry to see you're feeling so low. I hope that things start to pick up for you, I'm sure that, in time they will.
  I remember a while back, seeing the photo's of your amazing cabbage patch and thinking how I'd love to grow just one cabbage like that one day.
  You've got lots of stuff like that to share with us, so keep on growing.
   Hope you're feeling better soon.
                  All The Best-Mark.B.
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: lorna on March 17, 2007, 23:00:49
Richard. As others have said things will get a little easier. My Dad who I adored died 3 months after I got married. He brought up 9children. Even after all these years when I am looking at family photos on my lounge wall I still talk to him. When I lost my husband 4 years ago I wondered how I would carry on but I just look at our 4 great children and 8 Grandchildren and think how lucky I was to have been married to him for 50 years.
Richard I will be thinking of you and your family on Monday. Take care.
Lorna.
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: flossie on March 17, 2007, 23:13:25
Hello Richard - thinking of you and your family - all good wishes - take care of yourself
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: busy_lizzie on March 18, 2007, 01:22:04
Richard I am so sorry that life is looking bleak right now. It has been a terrible time for you, but you just hold on tight and have trust,  because I am sure things will get better for you. It is perfectly natural you are feeling the way you do.  It is a big deal when someone you have been so close to has died. I always think that once the funeral is over with and you have said a proper goodbye, then the healing process can start. I am a firm believer that love can never die, and your Dad will always be close by you. Just take one day at a time, and gradually the pain will ease and only the happy memories will remain.

I am sorry too that you are having health problems, especially now when you are feeling very fragile, but it is good that they are doing a thorough investigation, so that if there is a problem they can sort it. Try not to worry, the world will turn and things will settle down. We are all sending you positive vibes. busy_lizzie   
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: coznbob on March 18, 2007, 07:57:53

I know at this time there is not a lot anyone can say to make you feel better.
It will get easier, but the problem is getting through until then. All you can do is remember all the special times you and your father have had together, once you have said goodbye tomorrow try and think of all the positive things that you can do to try and honour his memory.

Our thoughts are with you.
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: OliveOil on March 18, 2007, 08:18:28
Awww Richard - you're having a tough time of it aren't you. We are all thinking about you and will be thinking of you on Monday.
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: teresa on March 18, 2007, 10:32:43
Oh bless you Richard,
Someone told me years ago when you hit rockbottom there is only one way and that is up. That has always helped me over the years.
I lost my dad 15 months ago died in my arms, I am sure your dad knew you loved him as mine did. The funeral try to think of it as a celebration of his life a tribuite of the love of the family.
Plant something in memory, I still have dads rock garden, and mums border with her plants I look at them and feel good.
Good luck Thursday, and do try and get away for a weekend or plan a holiday it helps.
Cyber hugs for the comming week.
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: saddad on March 18, 2007, 10:49:13
Hope you have begun to turn the corner Richard, both my Dad and D-in Law died within 6 months of each other and I was under investigation for something.. and had to have a node out of my neck, left a lovely scar! That was all over twenty years ago.... things will improve...
 :(
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: honeybee on March 18, 2007, 11:50:10
Hi Richard, Ive been thinking of you and wondering how you are xxx

Your post left me in tears and I recalled the very same thoughts when i left my own Dad after my last visit to the chapple, its so hard to understand that you will never see them again  :'(

Losing a parent has to be one of the most traumatic things in the world and my thoughts are with you xxxx
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: kitten on March 18, 2007, 12:18:44
Richard i'm so sorry you're going through this rough time right now.  What you are experiencing is perfectly natural, it's your way of grieving, there's no quick fix with it, you've just got to let it happen.  One thing that helped me when i lost my uncle two years ago was to think of how proud i was that he was my uncle, rather than how sad i was to have lost him.  I know it may take a while, but you will get there.

I too believe there is a God, and believe that we will all be reunited with our loved and lost ones again one day in paradise, where we will all be well, and life will be good.

I'll be thinking of you tomorrow, hope it goes as well as can be expected.  Take good care of yourself, kitten x
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: Jeannine on March 18, 2007, 13:08:57
Hi Richard, thinking of you today, Take care XX Jeannine
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: caroline7758 on March 18, 2007, 13:42:29
So sorry to hear you have yet another worry.Take care xx
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: Hyacinth on March 18, 2007, 17:03:24
I'm adding to alll the above, Richard. All good thoughts for tomorrow and for the H.visit.

Lish
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: shirlton on March 18, 2007, 17:30:45
Hello Richard. It must be so hard for you losing your dad cos he sounds like he was a nice fella. You are so fortunate to have had a dad that you could look up to Richard. The memory of him will stay with you forever.You can come on here and tell us some of the things he used to do. I'm sure that would make you feel a little better. I hope your hospital visit goes ok. We will be thinking about you my dear
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: emmy1978 on March 19, 2007, 14:38:20
Richard, I hope your hospital visit went well. Life really seems to heap it on sometimes hey?  You can't imagine that things can ever improve, but they do, but the old maxim about time being the healer is so true. We are still grieving the loss of my mother in law in November. Yesterday would have been her 53rd birthday and it was a very hard day.
I'm so sorry the loss of your father has been so difficult and I feel it is testament to what you have to say about him. That he was a fantastic bloke who looked after his family, and a man who will be terribly missed. That was your dad and you're lucky to have had him and to have him now watching over you.
Take care. x
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: prink13 on March 19, 2007, 14:47:22
Richard, can only express my thoughts as others have before - will think of you today, and remember there is always someone here to talk to when things seem too much

Kathi
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: Trixiebelle on March 19, 2007, 14:56:49
Love to you

Trixie XXXX
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: Jeannine on March 19, 2007, 15:18:12
Hi Richard, you have been in my thoughts all day. XX Jeannine
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: triffid on March 19, 2007, 16:58:31
Adding my own hopes and prayers that today went as well as it could.
 
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: grawrc on March 19, 2007, 17:19:03
What a rotten year you've had Richard! Hopefully you're home from the hospital now and can put your feet up. I hope you get good news from your tests. Big hugs. We're all rooting for you! Anne
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: Paulines7 on March 19, 2007, 22:44:07
Richard, I was so sorry to hear of your loss and hope everything went off all right at the funeral today.  It is awful when we lose someone so close but time does heal and then there will be only happy memories of the times you spent together. 

Good luck on Thursday.  I hope that it is nothing very serious and that it is something that can be easily treated with medication.  I will be thinking of you.

Pauline
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: lorna on March 19, 2007, 23:04:42
Richard. I would just like to echo everything Pauline has said. Have been thinking of you.
Lorna.
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: cambourne7 on March 19, 2007, 23:09:24
Hi Richard

Nothing we can do can make you feel better but knowing were all thinking about you must help.

Any news from the hospital on your breathing??

Cambourne7
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: Grandma on March 20, 2007, 08:04:19
Thinking of you and hoping that today marks the start of things beginning to get better for you. Take care. xxx
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: vee on March 20, 2007, 12:21:08
I hope things get better for you soon Richard. You've really had a rough time just lately.
Let us know how you got on yesterday won't you?
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: Jeannine on March 20, 2007, 19:59:01
Hi Richard, hope you are feeling more settled today, goodluck on Thursday, it is really OK. I have had it done a couple of times. Take care, you are very much in my thoughts XX Jeannine
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: Marymary on March 22, 2007, 12:11:30
Good luck today Richard thinking of you.  Do let us know how you are.  :)
Title: Re: Things still not improving
Post by: Jeannine on March 23, 2007, 00:38:58
Hi Richard, well by now you will have the camera thing, you are still on my mind.

Come on in and say a quick hello to us .

JeannineXX
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