QUOTE (TaterTot @ May 19, 2008 - 09:24 AM) 
LOL! Believe it or not...you'll get through it. Having experienced both sides of this coin I think being the patient is worse. It is so frustrating having to ask for every little thing...and you feel like such a pain in the a_s!
When you're in a relationship with someone it's what you do. You take care of the loved one.
In the first year we were together Drew went home, and he and his buddies went out. They were drinking, and Drew wasn't, so he drove, and a drunk ran a red light. The car Drew was driving was broadsided, and his best friend, who was sitting in the passenger seat in front, was killed.
He went through a lot of guilt, but Drew had done the right thing, so there was nothing he could do about that. I had to get him through that whole horrible ordeal, but he made it through, and that was all I cared about. We made it through it.
When I was undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer Drew went to every session with me, and waited on me all day afterwards. I went through one session and, then, when it showed up again, I went through another session. He was there for me the whole time. He was my rock in that period.
When I had my heart attacks Drew was there for me the whole time. He never thought otherwise. It wouldn't have been something he would think of. I was his hubby, and he loves me, so he was there. He still is.
When we both tested positive people knew we would break up. There was a bad day or two, but ,we both knew we had made a life together, and this was no reason to throw that away. We got through it stronger than ever, so waiting on him hand and foot is thoroughly acceptable to me now. He's my lover, and my pal, so why wouldn't I do what I can do?
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...)Where he talks about the hog slaughter when he was a kid...Long story short-he and a few other boys, started throwing rocks at the hogs...Until his father drug him off the fence with a very stern warning about not being cruel to the animals that are providing our food...
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