Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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#83,202
JOEY’S ALL VOL !!! said:
We were supposed to have a Celebration Of Life service for my brother on Saturday and with the weather coming in tonight we have had to make the decision to postpone that until further notice. Just another reason for me to hate Winter, as if I needed another one.
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Stinks for you and your family.
Hoping you feel peace in this trying time.
 
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JOEY’S ALL VOL !!! said:
We were supposed to have a Celebration Of Life service for my brother on Saturday and with the weather coming in tonight we have had to make the decision to postpone that until further notice. Just another reason for me to hate Winter, as if I needed another one.
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Hang in there Joey. It won't be easy. But, as time goes by, you will find yourself randomly thinking or talking to him. And for me it brings comfort. I've lost both my parents
 
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volfanhill said:
Hang in there Joey. It won't be easy. But, as time goes by, you will find yourself randomly thinking or talking to him. And for me it brings comfort. I've lost both my parents
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Thanks! I’m doing okay, that is until Dad asks where he is and I have explain it to him again and he wails and cries, then I have some trouble coping. My brother and I tried to take care of Dad together, it’s a struggle without him and his big heart and his patience. Dementia is such a cruel disease. I’d much rather go out like my Mother and Brother did.
 
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JOEY’S ALL VOL !!! said:
Thanks! I’m doing okay, that is until Dad asks where he is and I have explain it to him again and he wails and cries, then I have some trouble coping. My brother and I tried to take care of Dad together, it’s a struggle without him and his big heart and his patience. Dementia is such a cruel disease. I’d much rather go out like my Mother and Brother did.
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Hell man that's tough. Prayers for you
 
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JOEY’S ALL VOL !!! said:
Thanks! I’m doing okay, that is until Dad asks where he is and I have explain it to him again and he wails and cries, then I have some trouble coping. My brother and I tried to take care of Dad together, it’s a struggle without him and his big heart and his patience. Dementia is such a cruel disease. I’d much rather go out like my Mother and Brother did.
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also lost my wife to brain cancer right before Christmas
it sucks
I'll keep you and your family in my prayers, buddy. She had glioblastoma. It was a horrible struggle.
we haven't set visitation yet
 
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volfanhill said:
Hate this for you Gordo. You and yours entering my prayers
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thanks buddy. I have never seen anything like glioblastoma...like ever...they had to remove 1/8 of her left frontal lobe (which is language center) in March...it's still surreal...miss her like crazy, but glad her suffering is over
 
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GordonC said:
also lost my wife to brain cancer right before Christmas
it sucks
I'll keep you and your family in my prayers, buddy. She had glioblastoma. It was a horrible struggle.
we haven't set visitation yet
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Brother had the same, it was a shock to us all including him. His was a fierce and ugly, but relatively quick battle, he went with out dignity. My heart breaks for you bro’. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.
 
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JOEY’S ALL VOL !!! said:
Brother had the same, it was a shock to us all including him. His was a fierce and ugly, but relatively quick battle, he went with out dignity. My heart breaks for you bro’. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.
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I'd never heard of it before. It's the most awful thing I've ever seen or could imagine.
Wife was organ and tissue donor, and it's been a silver lining to tell the grandkids that her organs and tissues went to help someone at Christmas and improve a life in need at Christmas.
We went with RestorelifeUSA.org out of Elizabethton (we're in Kingsport), and they delivered her ashes today.
 
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GordonC said:
I'd never heard of it before. It's the most awful thing I've ever seen or could imagine.
Wife was organ and tissue donor, and it's been a silver lining to tell the grandkids that her organs and tissues went to help someone at Christmas and improve a life in need at Christmas.
We went with RestorelifeUSA.org out of Elizabethton (we're in Kingsport), and they delivered her ashes today.
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I feel the same, my brother’s covered the whole left side of his brain and he didn’t even know it until 3 weeks before his death. His was so advanced that they couldn’t remove it or any of it without making him a vegetable for whatever time he would have gained, it had actually pushed his brain over in his head, we lost on him the 22nd, 4 days after my birthday and 3 days before Christmas. Big brother was also an organ and tissue donor which he and my family are very proud of. He was sent to Nashville for his tissue and organ donations and then back here where we used Trinity Memorial and I got his ashes back last week. We were going to do a Celebration Of Life on Saturday, but the weather put the brakes on that. I will most definitely keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. I know where you’ve been.
 
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GordonC said:
also lost my wife to brain cancer right before Christmas
it sucks
I'll keep you and your family in my prayers, buddy. She had glioblastoma. It was a horrible struggle.
we haven't set visitation yet
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Very sorry to read this. Was actually wondering the other day how you and her were doing. Hoping things get better soon for you but I cannot imagine losing the love of my life I’ve got no idea how to handle that.
 
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We had a pre-listing appraisal done on our house to get an idea of where we should list, it's real hard to find comps in our area because there just hasn't been much on the market the last several years. So appraiser came and reduced our square footage by almost 1200 sqft. Says we can't count the finished basement because it doesn't have a finished ceiling, lenders won't accept the space in the square footage. We took out the ugly drop ceiling and painted everything matte black, put in shinny duct work and piping to give it an industrial look.

Has anyone ever heard of such crap, can't count a finished basement with a bedroom, bathroom and fireplace in the square footage because it doesn't have a finished ceiling?
 
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hog88 said:
We had a pre-listing appraisal done on our house to get an idea of where we should list, it's real hard to find comps in our area because there just hasn't been much on the market the last several years. So appraiser came and reduced our square footage by almost 1200 sqft. Says we can't count the finished basement because it doesn't have a finished ceiling, lenders won't accept the space in the square footage. We took out the ugly drop ceiling and painted everything matte black, put in shinny duct work and piping to give it an industrial look.

Has anyone ever heard of such crap, can't count a finished basement with a bedroom, bathroom and fireplace in the square footage because it doesn't have a finished ceiling?
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Not on that in particular. But my father in law mentioned having issues in Williamson country with his finished basement. Had a full bath. Theatre room. Etc. but they were giving him a hard time about how to categorize the space and how to measure it or something.
 
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JOEY’S ALL VOL !!! said:
Thanks! I’m doing okay, that is until Dad asks where he is and I have explain it to him again and he wails and cries, then I have some trouble coping. My brother and I tried to take care of Dad together, it’s a struggle without him and his big heart and his patience. Dementia is such a cruel disease. I’d much rather go out like my Mother and Brother did.
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I lost my father recently do dementia and I’d never tell you what to do, but we eventually quit reminding dad about the bad things he didn’t remember and just lied and said “they said they’ll drop by later “
 
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GordonC said:
also lost my wife to brain cancer right before Christmas
it sucks
I'll keep you and your family in my prayers, buddy. She had glioblastoma. It was a horrible struggle.
we haven't set visitation yet
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Orangeslice13 said:
I lost my father recently do dementia and I’d never tell you what to do, but we eventually quit reminding dad about the bad things he didn’t remember and just lied and said “they said they’ll drop by later “
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Sorry to hear this guys. God bless you and your families. The hardest part of getting older has been losing loved ones. Sorry to hear about your folks. The VN politics crew has been taking a beating. Best wishes from over here in NC.
 
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