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I am so sorry to hear of your lose.Im a night owl and if you want you can PM me and Ill pass along my cell number so you always have someone to talk to if you want.

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I hope you are holding up okay. I know how hard it is to bear the pain of loss, and like someone else said, watch others we love suffer. I lost my mom to a long illness in July. Many prayers and hugs coming your way, Cindy

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Hi All,

I have read and re-read your posts over the past few days--all a blur of grief and mourning. Amazing support and I am over and over again blessed to be part of such a great group here at LBT.

My brother's memorial was intense and beautiful. He had excellent life long friends, who all spoke at the service. His girlfriend of two years was in Australia on business when we got the terrible news, and immediatly flew home. Lots of other friends and family appeared out of no where. My parents live on a lake shore where our family has lived for more than 100 years. All the houses were re-opened (these are summer homes) and they were all full with my brothers friends. Local friends appeared with food to feed us all. The weather was, and still is amazing for this time of year--we were all in the boats and wakeboarding, which was my brothers passion. Besides BMW automobiles,---where he was employed as a client advisor on Wall Street in NYC.

I left my parents alone tonight--they are exhausted and I think need time to be alone together.

Thank you again, my far flung friends for your help during this terrible time.

Here is a recent pix of him doing what he loved--wakeboarding. He was awesome.

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Your brother looks like a beautiful man, full of life an spirit. I am so incredibly sorry about this. I send you and your family strength and comfort and love in your time of need.

Big hugs......

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What a handsome man. Thanks for posting his pic and sharing your family with us a bit. Continued prayers for your family as you begin to heal. So sorry.

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I'm so, so sorry for your loss. I'm glad you were able to have such a nice day to remember your brother with family and friends. We're all thinking of you and sending power hugs your way.

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I pray that God gives you and your family peace during this trying time. Nothing is more painful than losing someone you love.

God bless you and your family,

Tricia H

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I'm so sorry for all of your family and his friends. What wonderful memories you have of him with all you phone calls and communication.

God Bless you and your family. My prayers are with you.

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I'm sorry to hear about your brother. He sounds like a very great person to know. I am glad you got together with so many of his friends. I'm sure the memories that you shared will help you through this troubled time. Hugs. Celeste

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I am so so very sorry to hear about your brother. Please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

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I am also so sorry about your brother. My heart aches for you. May you find solice in God's Love and know that you will be with your brother again.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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