Sufferer Deer-in-Headlights saying Hi

[Deer-in-Headlights]

Hi everyone! I was here a number of years ago. I have gone through a number of health challenges in the last 3 years: massive stroke, caused by severe cancer, falls resulting in some bad fractures, operations, heart attack. I’m a mess. Something interesting though - after my stroke I no longer feel suicidal. I’m feeling very grateful to have been given extra time with my family. I’m an old fart now (71) with an older husband (80) for whom I feel great love and responsibility. My husband has asked me to stop spending a fortune on mental health care, which I’m glad now to do. PTSD while there, no longer troubles me. It might show up again in flashbacks, but it hasn’t since the stroke. My stroke showed me how deeply my husband loves me, he retired from the best job he’s ever had in order to care for me. He moved us from our home into assisted living, which provides us with a pleasant apartment with meals, and I’m busy creating a new home for us. I’m not certain how long I have, but so far life is going quite well for us, as I take it day by day. I wanted to share this with you, as it puzzles me after such a long time struggling with PTSD, and finding myself happy and very grateful.

 

[arfie]

hello deer. welcome back from another old fart. we are the same age. i married a younger man, but i don't hold that detail as too awful important. he's a workaholic who has been working himself into an early grave.

i hold you are still experiencing ptsd, with the added flourish of a changed attitude. it seems to me that with each round of healing hopes, that very same ptsd which once made my life a living hell adds a depth of appreciation that can only be forged in the fires of adversity. just theorating. . .

so or no, welcome back.

 

[PlainJane]

Welcome to the forum