Been a long time since I've been on a cruise ship! (or a vacation)---since 2019 when Ken (in a wheel chair) and I went on a cruise about a month before he was diagnosed with Glioblastoma and nearing the end of his 2 year battle with Charcot's foot treatments. So much has changed since then!!!! Covid, terminal cancer, life as we knew it totally gone. I often thought when GBM finally took Ken, I wanted to go on a cruise so I could be waited on and not have to do anything! Taking care of a totally bedridden loved one for 4 years and him with limited mobility for 4 years before that, it had taken quite a toll on me. This was a "healing" trip. My sister had recently lost her live in companion of 15 years, too, so I asked her if she wanted to join me. What a fun couple we should be!!! We hadn't seen each other in the last 8 years (the whole time I was taking care of Ken). she lives in Oregon and I live in Georgia. My brother also lives in Oregon, so I invited him to join us pre-cruise for a few days in Fort Lauderdale. He agreed, along with his daughter--a RN who had volunteered to fly to Georgia and give me a respite and care for her Uncle so I could get away for a few days. I had finally agreed to that, and was scheduled to go somewhere in Sept when Ken decided to leave before then. Anyway--I had 5 great days with them, then they flew home and my sister and I took a cruise.
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