Rudy and Denise: Happy Dance

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Happy Dance - No Nausea

We're doing the happy dance! Rudy is weak and tired, but he's still not nauseas!!!! The day's not over and I'm not ready to completely declare us out of the woods, but he was in pretty bad shape by this time after Round 1.

He was INCREDIBLY tired yesterday due mostly to the way-to-long day Thursday. He's just gotten up from a long nap and he looks relatively perky right now. Wahoo! Thank you, Dr. Thompson!!! Update: He's decided to go for a really short ride in his hotrod.

Life Can Change on a Dime

In October, 2014 my husband, Rudy, went to the doctor for what he thought was a mild case of bronchitis and it turned out to be stage 4 lung cancer. He passed away peacefully at 9:15am on May 7th, 2015. We had been married 36-1/2 years. I lost the love of my life.

We had lots of support from family and friends while Rudy was ill and those people have continued to support me as I try to make sense of life without Rudy.

This blog was originally started as a way to keep our loved ones informed of Rudy's journey. It became my journal. I had a hard time talking about how I was feeling, but writing about my feelings helped so much - it was a conversation with myself. If my friends want to know how I was doing and they were tired of hearing me say, "I'm OK", they could look here. But more than that, I found that this journal was help for others on a similar journey.