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Jun. 15th, 2012 08:40 amI'm a bit sad today on behalf of a good friend, J. She called me last night and told me her beloved husband died very suddenly of a heart attack that morning. I don't know any other details but there was no warning. He'd been feeling fine and always seemed healthy though my doctor would say that there would have been signs or there was a problem even if he didn't realize it. This happened to another friend of mine about 10 years ago and she'd told me that then.
This couple was very close, you could say soul mates and you wouldn't be wrong in the least. They had been married 24 years as of last week. I met her in a Coronation Street chat room back in the mid 90s when the chat rooms were busy. The room was filled every day most of the day, you could always find someone to talk to and J. was usually there. She really is the life and soul of the chat room and was always there for everyone else. Nicest person you could ever meet. She has also not had great health over the years. She'd had a brain tumour not all that long before i met her and had it operated on, survived but it left her with epilepsy which isn't always well controlled and it tires her out a lot. She's also not really been well lately, a nasty virus she says, that's caused the weight to drop off her like a stone. I'm a bit worried about that thinking she's not told us everything but that's her business i guess.
I've only met her husband a few times but she always talks about him. He was a police officer and she always joked about him, calling him Rick the Dick. For other reasons too, she would imply ;) He actually did do some private investigation after he retired from the police force.
Right now she's in shock, obviously. She asked me to contact our chat room friends, which i did via email addresses i had and through facebook. A group of us chatted on FB last night and several of them called her straight away. I do know a couple of our group have had the same thing happen with their spouses so I hope they reach out to her. Some of them that live near enough are planning to go to the funeral. (She lives near Toronto) I know she'll get through it and she's probably stronger than we all think. They had no children though he has some from a first marraige. I don't think she's got siblings but still has her mother. I hope they take care of her and keep an eye out for her because i do worry about the epilepsy. Stress like this will be bad for it.
Spare a thought for her if you can.
This couple was very close, you could say soul mates and you wouldn't be wrong in the least. They had been married 24 years as of last week. I met her in a Coronation Street chat room back in the mid 90s when the chat rooms were busy. The room was filled every day most of the day, you could always find someone to talk to and J. was usually there. She really is the life and soul of the chat room and was always there for everyone else. Nicest person you could ever meet. She has also not had great health over the years. She'd had a brain tumour not all that long before i met her and had it operated on, survived but it left her with epilepsy which isn't always well controlled and it tires her out a lot. She's also not really been well lately, a nasty virus she says, that's caused the weight to drop off her like a stone. I'm a bit worried about that thinking she's not told us everything but that's her business i guess.
I've only met her husband a few times but she always talks about him. He was a police officer and she always joked about him, calling him Rick the Dick. For other reasons too, she would imply ;) He actually did do some private investigation after he retired from the police force.
Right now she's in shock, obviously. She asked me to contact our chat room friends, which i did via email addresses i had and through facebook. A group of us chatted on FB last night and several of them called her straight away. I do know a couple of our group have had the same thing happen with their spouses so I hope they reach out to her. Some of them that live near enough are planning to go to the funeral. (She lives near Toronto) I know she'll get through it and she's probably stronger than we all think. They had no children though he has some from a first marraige. I don't think she's got siblings but still has her mother. I hope they take care of her and keep an eye out for her because i do worry about the epilepsy. Stress like this will be bad for it.
Spare a thought for her if you can.
