I’m a wreck… Fuck cancer

  • Seleni@lemmy.world
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    No-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock wound up winds down, until the wine they made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life is only the core of their actual existence.

    -Sir Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

    I am sorry for your loss. May her memory forever climb mountains alongside you.

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    4 days ago

    Be there for them till the end as much as it hurts inside. We don’t deserve the kind of unquestioning love dogs give us.

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      We really don’t… She hasn’t been alone at all since we found out about her condition. That won’t change tomorrow.

      She made such an impression on people that our vet is coming in on her day off to be there with her/us when she goes.

      We’re lucky that the veterinarian’s office is hey favorite place in the world. So, she’ll be surrounded by the people that love her in a place she loves to be at 😭

  • Jason_Ph03nix@lemmy.world
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    My dog died very recently and it tore me apart. Ill always miss her putting her head under my hand to get me to pet her.

    Miss you Lady

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    4 days ago

    I hope you can take some solace in the fact that you gave her a good life and made her feel loved. May you one day meet again.

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      I don’t think I could ever give her a life worthy of the love she freely gave to everyone, but I sure did try. Sure saw the biggest trees in the world, she climbed up some of the tapes mountains in the country. She swam in rivers, lakes, and the ocean.

      She went everywhere with me

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    I put down my best friend of 20 years on October 5th and fuck it’s hard. I’m sorry. You know you’re making the caring decision and loving your dog until the end though, and that is a gift.

    It’s going to be hard. I’m starting to feel like myself again between the moments of deep grief, but I am still fragile and sad and will be for a long time.

    If you ever need comfort from a stranger, feel free to save my name or comment and shoot me a message.

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    3 days ago

    i had to put down my sweet, loving cat suddenly just this week so my heart goes out to you.

    well it was sudden for me at least, for her she’d probably been in pain for months from the cancer =/ i’m so grateful i could spend time with her until the very end and it sounds like you’ve made some amazing memories with yours.

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    This sucks. I am sorry for your absolutely devastating decision, OP. It is so hard and so hurtful to have to choose and yet there is so much grace and love in doing so. I am sending you a hug and the promise that he will be hurting no more❤️

  • THCDenton@lemmy.world
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    Sorry fam. Lost my lil buddy to cancer 3 years ago. It’s gonna be tough for a while. Hang in there.

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    I went through this with my cat a couple months ago. Had him for 15 and a half beautiful, fuzzy years. I’m just glad that everything hit him all at once in the last couple weeks of his life so it was really obvious his time had come. I held him sleeping on my chest for the last 5 or 6 hours before it was time. Now I’m all gucked up thinking about it.

    Fuck cancer.