| 11/25/2007 5:06:50 AM |
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beeline43
Kingston, ON
age: 51
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im very sorry , its a hard thing to go through , my mom died of cancer and she only lived a month, and that was so hard. i hope for the best for you , of wot you are going threw, just be strong and you will get through this , all the best 
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| 11/25/2007 5:48:00 AM |
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ladybear1959
Durand, MI
age: 48
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When I was married,, my vows stated in sickness and in health, blah blah blah 
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| 11/25/2007 8:37:39 AM |
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kfab1023
Jacksonville, FL
age: 51 online now!
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NO I lost my husband last year to a termainal illness and there is no way on this earth I would have dated while he was alive I am just now starting as I needed time to heal too. It is soooooo wrong as if they didn't have to think about dying then to think what you were doing and with who. Shame on you for even thinking about it. Makes me wonder if you know the true meaning of the word love forever!
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| 11/25/2007 8:38:43 AM |
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daddy_s
Oak Ridge, TN
age: 27
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still tha funniest topic ever
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| 11/25/2007 8:53:36 AM |
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heatherhoney
Middlesboro, KY
age: 50 online now!
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Whatever happened to "In sickness and in Health"???????? 
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| 11/25/2007 9:34:15 AM |
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rocknrolllvr448
Springfield, MO
age: 47
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NO. It's not okay to "date" during this time. Maybe you are just confused about your feelings. Please...Go seek counseling. Talk about all this and get it out in the open (privately) with a licensed mental health counselor. (I'm also a RN.)
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| 11/25/2007 4:51:05 PM |
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kytrue
Nicholasville, KY
age: 56
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I loved someone who was terminally ill and he continued to try and fix me up. He wanted me to find some one who would be good to me. So, I went out with a guy, just a supper date. I told him all about it. I explained to him I felt like I was cheating on him and it was just dinner. So Ron, be careful because grief wraped with guilt would be a heavy load to carry. I lost him to cancer. I know what being the only care giver to a dying loved one is like. It took my mother two years to lose her fight with cancer. I understand about friends and family not coming aroung or calling. I know how alone it feels. Just be careful. My heart goes out to you.
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| 11/25/2007 4:54:56 PM |
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crazycajun74
Dallas, TX
age: 33
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My feelings run deep on this one because I took care of my terminally ill father while his girlfriend went on several deep sea diving excursions with a new boyfriend. My dad lived with her.
I think you should suck it up and deal with it until your partner passes away. They did not ask to become ill and they already know they are a burden on you. I willingly gave 2 1/2 years to my father dedicated to his care and you know what... I was only 16 when I did it. I even quit school but it was the best thing I ever did. It was only 2 1/2 years for me but it was all he had left!
You can't even put yourself in thier shoes because you can't say how you would feel until you are actually in that situation. They will tell you what they think you want to hear because they feel guilty about being sick. JMHO.
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| 11/25/2007 5:24:14 PM |
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classyguy333
West Fargo, ND
age: 56
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My late wife went through about 20 agonizing months with small cell lung cancer. There is no way I would have gone out on her. She ws my life. I would have rather become totally celebate and still had her with me than to have lost her. At least I'd have known that she was here.
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| 11/25/2007 5:27:30 PM |
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scorpion1975
Leitchfield, KY
age: 32
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no it is not cool or right or okay or whatever other term you want to use. stick by your mate until they do not inhabit their mortal shell any more, you have been with them to this point...why change?
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| 11/25/2007 5:31:49 PM |
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redheadedscorpi
Sacramento, CA
age: 44
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NEVER....my hubby passed from cancer & I would have never ever thought of it...it is just wrong!!!
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| 11/26/2007 5:35:14 AM |
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michiganfarmer
Kingsley, MI
age: 38
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I read the first page, but not the rest of the posts.
I have an aunt who has been in the hospital for a couple/three years. She is completely mentaly gone. Her husband, my moms brother, put her there because she was out of her mind, violent, and a danger to him, and herself.
He is seeing other women, and I dont blame him, or anyone in his situation for it.
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| 11/26/2007 6:49:28 AM |
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historybuff
Waterville, ME
age: 42
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I would say no. The reason i say that is that your partner, though terminally ill, still needs love and all the support you can give during this most difficult time. Put yourself in thier shoes. If you found out that the person you loved is seeing someone else while you were in such need, wouldnt that just tear you up? I know it would me.
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| 11/26/2007 9:38:55 AM |
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sorprano
Wayne, NJ
age: 55 online now!
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ever here of this story--it was sad--maybe that can help guide you best--the ex hubby here was a son of a bytch right at the death too--but was it ok to not give up rights to people who cared for this poor woman like her family--blood money insurance he was waiting for on a mal practice law suit most likely...he had a new family with children while she remained comatose...was that fair and at the same time he didn't give a schitt about anything but blood money...when you marry isn't it for until life ends and in sickness and in health--
Terri Schiavo
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Terri Schiavo
Terri Schiavo in hospice with her mother on August 11, 2001
Born December 3, 1963(1963-12-03)
Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania
Died March 31, 2005 (aged 41)
Pinellas Park, Florida
Occupation Insurance clerk
Spouse Michael Schiavo
Parents Robert and Mary Schindler
Theresa Marie "Terri" Schiavo (December 3, 1963–March 31, 2005), from St. Petersburg, Florida, United States was a woman who suffered brain damage and became dependent on a feeding tube. She collapsed in her home on February 25, 1990, and experienced respiratory and cardiac arrest, leading to 15 years of institutionalization and a diagnosis of persistent vegetative state (PVS). In 1998, Michael Schiavo, her husband and guardian, petitioned the Pinellas County Circuit Court to remove her feeding tube. Robert and Mary Schindler, her parents, opposed this, arguing she was conscious. The court determined that Terri would not wish to continue life-prolonging measures.[1] The battle stretched on for seven years and included involvement by politicians and advocacy groups, notably pro-life and disability rights ones.[2] Before the local court's decision was carried out, on March 18, 2005, the governments of Florida and the United States had passed laws that sought, unsuccessfully, to prevent removal of Schiavo's feeding tube. These events resulted in extensive national and international media coverage.
By March 2005, the legal history around the Schiavo case included fourteen appeals and numerous motions, petitions, and hearings in the Florida courts; five suits in Federal District Court; Florida legislation struck down by the Supreme Court of Florida; a subpoena by a congressional committee to qualify Schiavo for witness protection; federal legislation (Palm Sunday Compromise); and four denials of certiorari from the Supreme Court of the United States.[3]
She died at a Pinellas Park hospice on March 31, 2005, at the age of 41. Some have since maintained that her death constituted "judicial murder."[4]
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| 11/26/2007 9:40:40 AM |
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123anubis
North Olmsted, OH
age: 24
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hell NO
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