Charty56
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Hello Caroline!
Well done for rebuilding your life following your SAH seven years go. I am sure your experiences during that time will be very helpful to draw on.
I have some questions for you. I have been on the SAH journey too since my wife`s SAH May 2011. I am interested in how your husband and daughters coped as they lived with you dealing with the after effects of your SAH.
It`s good to hear you are leading a busy life. What are the main differences in your life seven years on?
Thanks and well done.
They were all very supportive! They kept a diary for me to fill in the gaps I was 6 weeks in hospital, I think there were some dark times for them! They have let me do things and supported me to do them, I had to relearn most things even down to how to thread my sewing machine! Have to be reminded of somethings now which I don't like! My life 7 yrs on is very different, I worked hard going out at 6.30 and returning at 7pm sometimes, my work was my life! Over night I had no life or so it seemed! The first 2/3 yrs were the worst!
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Yes I am 7yrs post SAH, it was very hard to have to retire from a job where I was top of my game! I worked for a local education authority and was Head of the Behaviour Support Service, I had previously been a teacher mainstream and special ed.
Having to retire was not pleasant my life had changed completely and suddenly I had no identity, no structure to my day no buzz! No interaction with people daily. Gradually over the last 7yrs I have rebuilt my life, taking up photography and also working part time for a Forest Schools project which gets me out and about! I also have two Labradors which I take picking up in the shooting season!
I do not have the energy I used to have and am a bit slower which I hate! I still try to keep fit although it is yoga and swimming these days! I now have 3 grandchildren and you can imagine that they keep me busy when they visit! I am 59 and don't want to slow down! Thank you for listening! Love Caroline x
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Hi All
I am 7 yrs on form my SAH and found this site invaluable in the early days! I have rebuilt my life and am very busy now although life is very different! I hope you all are recovering well and continue to do so, if I can answer any questions let me know, however I have one question for any of you - how do I cope with my family (husband and daughters) who say - I told you that - you've forgotten! When I'm convinced they never told me in the first place!
Happy Christmas to everyone
Kind regards
Caroline
Hello to all and a question
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I am not a new member, I joined 7 yrs ago and my story is in the story section! Not sure why I've come up as a new by , but not to worry , I have found this site so invaluable over the years, to all of you - hang on in there it does get better albeit different!