My dad passed away

[Yvonne]

 
I am so sorry for your loss
Yvonne

[Earlinda]

I am so very sorry for your loss.  I know what pain you are experiencing as my father passed away 5 years ago the 26th of December.

Lots of love being sent your way!!!   

[Lori1851]

I am sorry to hear of your dads loss. As a previous caregiver there are some things that you can't control. My sympathy to you cant your family. Hug them for me.

Lori/Indiana

[RichardMEL]

phew I think this brings it home for us all just how serious the fluid overload can be and they don't put us on restrictions for the fun of it!

It can be very tough to keep to those restrictions but I know I am doing my body and future life by enduring "pain" (as in not living the way I'd like) for the future "gain"

I am so sorry your father was not compliant and passed away. I guess though it is our own choice how we wish to live. I know another patient who seemingly does not follow the renal/dialysis diet and drinks a fair amount and every time I see him I think he's destined for a unhappy end.. but that's the way he wants to live (in some sort of denial it seems) and well he's got nobody to blame but himself. In the same vein your mother should not blame herself. While she could oversee what he was doing she really couldn't stop him, and he would have been informed of the likely consequences and seriousness of what he was doing time and time again by the staff, docs and you(family)... Maybe he got sick of being told and just wanted to enjoy *something* - who knows? I don't think your mother should shoulder the blame though. As adults we make life choices and decisions every day. He made choices in the way he lived.. your mother is not responsible for that.

I am sorry you all are going through this...

 

[kellyt]

Losing a parent is always difficult no matter what the situation is.  The diet (especially the fluid restrictions) is what scared me most about dialysis.  I may have ended up in the same boat as your father.  God bless him on his new journey.   

[Stacy Without An E]

I'm really sorry about your father passing away.  I hope your Mom learns that it wasn't her fault in any way and she shouldn't burden herself with the extra guilt.  It will eat away at her soul if she allows it to.

I hope others can learn how detrimental kidney disease can be to the remainder of our bodies and how important it is to be as compliant as possible.

Take care and my best to your family.

[Roxanne610]

Just wanted to let you know Im thinking of you and again im sooooooooooooooooo sorry for your loss....

[idahospud]

so very sorry for your loss 

[del]

So sorry for your loss  Don't blame yourselves. Your dad was an adult who chose to live life the way he wanted. Nothing you or your mom would have done would have changed that. 

[paul.karen]

So So sorry to hear this sad news.

may God bless your father and your family.
  P&K

[Bajanne]

My caring thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time.  The hardest part of living is dealing with death.  I pray that the good memories will supersede everything else.