What a day!

Jackie_W

Well it started off great - I've lost more weight again :happy:
Got to work, only to find that one of my service users (elderly gentleman look after) passed away just before 6am this morning :sad:

Spoke to his 2 sons after work, telling me how much their dad thought of me - it was really emotional.
Now I feel completely washed out :yawn:

It's really hit me hard, cos, despite the fact that I shouldn't get too involved, but when you care for someone 6 days a week for 10 months, you get to know them inside and out. He was an old moaner to most carers, but we really bonded after I sat and listened to his life story, and found out why he was so hard.

Sorry, I know this irrelevant to weight lose, but I just needed to open up to someone.

Jackie

Jackie_W

Well it started off great - I've lost more weight again :happy:
Got to work, only to find that one of my service users (elderly gentleman look after) passed away just before 6am this morning :sad:

Spoke to his 2 sons after work, telling me how much their dad thought of me - it was really emotional.
Now I feel completely washed out :yawn:

It's really hit me hard, cos, despite the fact that I shouldn't get too involved, but when you care for someone 6 days a week for 10 months, you get to know them inside and out. He was an old moaner to most carers, but we really bonded after I sat and listened to his life story, and found out why he was so hard.

Sorry, I know this irrelevant to weight lose, but I just needed to open up to someone.

Jackie

Anna_Banana

I'm so sorry I hope your day gets better

Losing_It

Ohh, Jackie! I'm so sorry for your loss! I hope the day gets better for you. Congrats on the weight loss..you're doing great! Vent here ANYTIME!:flowerforyou:

LuvinLife

I'm so sorry!! What a way to start your day. It's good to be emotionally attached a little. It's part of what makes us human. I'll bet he really appreciated you.

Be good to yourself today!! Well everyday, but especially today.

tresa1234

Because you cared enough to think of him as a person with dignity and humanity and not just as a patient or a problem, you were able to make the last 10 months of that man's life better.

I know that the loss is hard on you. {{{{HUG}}}} But don't apologize for sharing your feelings here ... your emotions definitely DO have a lot to do with weight loss. Congratulations on continuing to lose weight and especially for being in touch with what you are feeling and sharing it here instead of stuffing it down with food!

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Jackie_W

Because you cared enough to think of him as a person with dignity and humanity and not just as a patient or a problem, you were able to make the last 10 months of that man's life better.

I know that the loss is hard on you. {{{{HUG}}}} But don't apologize for sharing your feelings here ... your emotions definitely DO have a lot to do with weight loss. Congratulations on continuing to lose weight and especially for being in touch with what you are feeling and sharing it here instead of stuffing it down with food!

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Aw bless you, thank you sooooo much - you and everyone
Feeling all emotional now (again), I'm just glad I had the opportunity to get to know this man for the person he was inside, he'd had a very hard life, and came out the other end, I will always treasure the little time I cared for him, he was a true inspiration.