RandyW Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 How many are still here or are new here?? Oh and that's a polite term for widow or widowers or what else can you call yourself after losing a loved one like a parent!!?? Trying to get an idea of who is keeping low after losing a loved one and who is active and who is still here! Did not want this one in Grieving so Put it here! Speak up!! I am curious to see!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joppette Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Well, as you know Randy, I'm a caregiver and a survivor. I qualify quite well for both! I think you know that I'm hanging around this joint! Judy in MI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I'm here, a caregiver survivor. (Funny, I often think of myself as a LC survivor even though the disease didn't reside in my body. Which is probably unfair to those who are really the LC survivors). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 Thanks Nick!!! glad your doing well these days!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieB Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 There's also a term we use in the cancer advocacy community called "co-survivors" That term describes us, those of us who walked the lung cancer journey and were left behind in the after math. We are survivors too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginnyde Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Of course, I am still here. Can't leave my friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ry Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I don't check in as often as I should, but I still check in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 thanks Ginny Ry and Katie and I like that term best Katie!! Thats what I was trying to think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Like Ry, I don't check in as often as I should, but I am here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 ok Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shineladysue Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 *Frantically waving my hand in the air* Here!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 thanks Sue!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean44 Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I come here often to check on others but, I don't post much. But, I am still here. I have also found that I HATE the word, widow. Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 me too! Hate widower ! That's why I chose Caregiver survivor but now I like co-survivor!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean44 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I like that better too Randy. For some reason the word widow is offensive to me and somehow just takes away the special relationship that Thom and I had. I KNOW you "get it" Randy. Thanks, Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronvrens Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Hi Randy I dont think I can srvive if I dont look in and sometimes write something that's on my heart. Its a year today Ronnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 Hang in there Ronnie!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean44 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Sorry Ronnie. The anniversary dates are always hard and it just doesn't seem to get any better. We just have to learn to "deal" with it. Unfortunately, we were not given a choice in this to be left behind. Thinking of you, Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnmynatt Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Hi Randy and all! I am a co-survivor and only check in from time to time now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilyjohn Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 You know that I am still around. I try to stay away but feel lost without my LCSC family. There are so many people that I wish would check in. People who haven't let us hear from them in years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sis Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Hi Neighbor Randy! Yes, I'm still here. I don't post much, but I check in and read to keep up with the cyber friends whom I've met over the years. LCSC members remain in my prayers each and every day. Ellie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 I was just curious to see how many old friends are still here watching things! Thanks for posting up Lillian and Sis and EVERYONE!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy66 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Co-survivor and still here occasionally. I like co-survivor much better than widow as well. Of course I went nuts at my daughter's dentist office this week because they only had married, single or divorced to choose from. When I told them I was none of those but a widow they said I should just pick single. "But I'm not single, I'm a WIDOW" I felt really strange fighting to use that term when I hate it so badly but darn it I'm not single. Sorry, I'm going a little nuts with it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fillise Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 I also check in when I can. I'm reading more than writing these days, but I do stop in as often as I can to see how everyone is doing. Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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