Widows & Widowers Support Group
This community is dedicated to those who have lost a husband, wife, or partner. Anything is open for discussion here, with the hope that we can focus on grief, bereavement, life after loss, and continuing on after a great loss.
Hello i am new to the group. My wife was diagnosed with Non-Alcohol related genetic decompensated end stage hypatic cirrohossis of the liver a year ago. we are trying to get her on the national transplant list but her body mass is not quite perfect enough to get on the list yet and since she was given three years to live a year ago and still no promise of survival from a transplant each day I wake up hope she does as well. we have been married 31 years and I know people say I should have faith that she will be healed but at the same time i know that there is the possibility that she may not survive the transplant or even live long enough to get a transplant.
I dont drink or do drugs but here lately its gotten real close and i just need to talk to some one who knows what kind of hell this is.
It must be so hard. People say have faith - but - this is serious, and you're right, there are no guarantees one way or another. All you CAN do is take care of yourself as well as possible, which will help you take care of your wife. You're right in that booze or any other drug is not the way to do that.
When my husband was diagnosed with cancer, there were groups for cancer patients and their families to get support. Is there anything like that for prospective transplant patients?