Good for you Cofinley! It is very emotional to look back and remember our loved ones and what happened, so take your time and be patient with yourself. I think it is important that we write things down. "If you don't write it down it didn't happen".
One thing that came to mind this afternoon was how strange people's course of illnesses are related to this case. One example: Dennis Spriggs: He got "late onset food allergies" with gastro related issues to the point that it was hard for him to go to work. I looked up food allergies this afternoon, and food allergies are more related to immuno response patterns such as hives, or swelling, or difficulty breathing. When you start having severe gastro problems, it is more related to food poisoning than food allergies. It is also extrememly rare to have late onset food allergies.
Another example: Bruce Fulford: He got diagnosed with diabetic gastroperisis as the reason that he was vomiting for all of those months after every meal. The interesting thing is, that after he had his heart attack, and was given the artificial heart, then his diabetic gastroperisis went away. No more weight loss and violent vomiting- not even an issue anymore. That is not the normal course of that illness- it shouldn't get better like that. It got better when she went to Missouri that time as well- strange course. In addition, people visiting stopped vomiting at the house as much after his gastroperisis went away.
Another person: Roy Forgy: He had such a severe and rapid onset of his "illness" that he should've continued on that path. Instead, it was like an incident in his life- a dark incident- but one that he began to recover from slowly, never diagnosed, and went on to live another 10 years or so as he gradually walked away from "it".
Me: I know that my neurologist told me very candidly that I had suffered the most severe neurological attack he had ever seen- and I walked away as well, when really - I should be facing a handicap. I had "incidents" not an illness. (thank heavens!)
My daughter's eyes- same thing: Normal eye test, eats the candy, then severe eye issues which gradually improve over a course of 6 months and have not returned in 4 years. It was an "incident".
Anyway.. just my thoughts as Bruce's hearing approaches- how did he recover so nicely from that gastroperisis... ?
Belinda I forgot to thank you for your kind words above- thank you.