On Having a Supportive Husband

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Wheezie

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I wish all your wonderful guys could have a talk with my guy!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">

Thank you all for posting - it makes me realize that there really ARE men out there who can be supportive and deal with adversity. I think my guy is capable of this too, but I think he needs some guidance, lol. I really wish I could get him into a support group for partners or even interested in the partners section of this forum. He's very frustrated and is being quite resistant at the moment.

Your posts give me hope - thanks! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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Wheezie

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I wish all your wonderful guys could have a talk with my guy!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">

Thank you all for posting - it makes me realize that there really ARE men out there who can be supportive and deal with adversity. I think my guy is capable of this too, but I think he needs some guidance, lol. I really wish I could get him into a support group for partners or even interested in the partners section of this forum. He's very frustrated and is being quite resistant at the moment.

Your posts give me hope - thanks! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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Wheezie

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I wish all your wonderful guys could have a talk with my guy!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">

Thank you all for posting - it makes me realize that there really ARE men out there who can be supportive and deal with adversity. I think my guy is capable of this too, but I think he needs some guidance, lol. I really wish I could get him into a support group for partners or even interested in the partners section of this forum. He's very frustrated and is being quite resistant at the moment.

Your posts give me hope - thanks! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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Wheezie

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I wish all your wonderful guys could have a talk with my guy!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">

Thank you all for posting - it makes me realize that there really ARE men out there who can be supportive and deal with adversity. I think my guy is capable of this too, but I think he needs some guidance, lol. I really wish I could get him into a support group for partners or even interested in the partners section of this forum. He's very frustrated and is being quite resistant at the moment.

Your posts give me hope - thanks! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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blindhearted

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lightNlife, sounds like your husband is a wonderful man. He also reminds me of my husband Chad. Chad knew about CF before we started dating (I was his pt in our local hospital when he was a nursing assistant...that's how we met), took it upon his self to learn more about CF (without me knowing at the time), he had the RTs in the hospital to teach him how to correctly give me manual CPT, he began going to my CF Clinic appts with me while we were dating, he will make his work schedule around my doctors appt if I ask him to, every night when he gets home from working a 12 hr shift as a RN he stays up to give me one "good beating" before we go to bed, when I had my pneumothorax, he changed his work hours from 12 hrs to 8 so he could make sure I had two good CPTs and start my IVs (being a nurse, he wanted to make sure they were done right, after a few days he trust the fact that I could properly do them on my own) before he went to work because with my port access and a chest tube, the vest was out of the question...among a ton of other things. Like Brad, he as also learned not to ask am I okay after every cough, and knows if I'm not okay I will get his attention, he sometimes reminds me to take my meds...just to make sure I dont forget (enzymes become very automatic through the years to the point you ask yourself if you took them or not), etc.

I believe God put us together. It was destiny, faith...or whatever you want to call it. We are the answer to each other's prayers...specially with the way we met and what was going on in our individual lives at the time. He is a wonderful man. I guess you can also call him a gem. Oct will be 8yrs together, 2 of those yrs are married....and I plan on many, many more to come <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

As Em said...Yay for good men!
 
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blindhearted

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lightNlife, sounds like your husband is a wonderful man. He also reminds me of my husband Chad. Chad knew about CF before we started dating (I was his pt in our local hospital when he was a nursing assistant...that's how we met), took it upon his self to learn more about CF (without me knowing at the time), he had the RTs in the hospital to teach him how to correctly give me manual CPT, he began going to my CF Clinic appts with me while we were dating, he will make his work schedule around my doctors appt if I ask him to, every night when he gets home from working a 12 hr shift as a RN he stays up to give me one "good beating" before we go to bed, when I had my pneumothorax, he changed his work hours from 12 hrs to 8 so he could make sure I had two good CPTs and start my IVs (being a nurse, he wanted to make sure they were done right, after a few days he trust the fact that I could properly do them on my own) before he went to work because with my port access and a chest tube, the vest was out of the question...among a ton of other things. Like Brad, he as also learned not to ask am I okay after every cough, and knows if I'm not okay I will get his attention, he sometimes reminds me to take my meds...just to make sure I dont forget (enzymes become very automatic through the years to the point you ask yourself if you took them or not), etc.

I believe God put us together. It was destiny, faith...or whatever you want to call it. We are the answer to each other's prayers...specially with the way we met and what was going on in our individual lives at the time. He is a wonderful man. I guess you can also call him a gem. Oct will be 8yrs together, 2 of those yrs are married....and I plan on many, many more to come <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

As Em said...Yay for good men!
 
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blindhearted

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lightNlife, sounds like your husband is a wonderful man. He also reminds me of my husband Chad. Chad knew about CF before we started dating (I was his pt in our local hospital when he was a nursing assistant...that's how we met), took it upon his self to learn more about CF (without me knowing at the time), he had the RTs in the hospital to teach him how to correctly give me manual CPT, he began going to my CF Clinic appts with me while we were dating, he will make his work schedule around my doctors appt if I ask him to, every night when he gets home from working a 12 hr shift as a RN he stays up to give me one "good beating" before we go to bed, when I had my pneumothorax, he changed his work hours from 12 hrs to 8 so he could make sure I had two good CPTs and start my IVs (being a nurse, he wanted to make sure they were done right, after a few days he trust the fact that I could properly do them on my own) before he went to work because with my port access and a chest tube, the vest was out of the question...among a ton of other things. Like Brad, he as also learned not to ask am I okay after every cough, and knows if I'm not okay I will get his attention, he sometimes reminds me to take my meds...just to make sure I dont forget (enzymes become very automatic through the years to the point you ask yourself if you took them or not), etc.

I believe God put us together. It was destiny, faith...or whatever you want to call it. We are the answer to each other's prayers...specially with the way we met and what was going on in our individual lives at the time. He is a wonderful man. I guess you can also call him a gem. Oct will be 8yrs together, 2 of those yrs are married....and I plan on many, many more to come <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

As Em said...Yay for good men!
 
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blindhearted

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lightNlife, sounds like your husband is a wonderful man. He also reminds me of my husband Chad. Chad knew about CF before we started dating (I was his pt in our local hospital when he was a nursing assistant...that's how we met), took it upon his self to learn more about CF (without me knowing at the time), he had the RTs in the hospital to teach him how to correctly give me manual CPT, he began going to my CF Clinic appts with me while we were dating, he will make his work schedule around my doctors appt if I ask him to, every night when he gets home from working a 12 hr shift as a RN he stays up to give me one "good beating" before we go to bed, when I had my pneumothorax, he changed his work hours from 12 hrs to 8 so he could make sure I had two good CPTs and start my IVs (being a nurse, he wanted to make sure they were done right, after a few days he trust the fact that I could properly do them on my own) before he went to work because with my port access and a chest tube, the vest was out of the question...among a ton of other things. Like Brad, he as also learned not to ask am I okay after every cough, and knows if I'm not okay I will get his attention, he sometimes reminds me to take my meds...just to make sure I dont forget (enzymes become very automatic through the years to the point you ask yourself if you took them or not), etc.

I believe God put us together. It was destiny, faith...or whatever you want to call it. We are the answer to each other's prayers...specially with the way we met and what was going on in our individual lives at the time. He is a wonderful man. I guess you can also call him a gem. Oct will be 8yrs together, 2 of those yrs are married....and I plan on many, many more to come <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

As Em said...Yay for good men!
 
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blindhearted

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lightNlife, sounds like your husband is a wonderful man. He also reminds me of my husband Chad. Chad knew about CF before we started dating (I was his pt in our local hospital when he was a nursing assistant...that's how we met), took it upon his self to learn more about CF (without me knowing at the time), he had the RTs in the hospital to teach him how to correctly give me manual CPT, he began going to my CF Clinic appts with me while we were dating, he will make his work schedule around my doctors appt if I ask him to, every night when he gets home from working a 12 hr shift as a RN he stays up to give me one "good beating" before we go to bed, when I had my pneumothorax, he changed his work hours from 12 hrs to 8 so he could make sure I had two good CPTs and start my IVs (being a nurse, he wanted to make sure they were done right, after a few days he trust the fact that I could properly do them on my own) before he went to work because with my port access and a chest tube, the vest was out of the question...among a ton of other things. Like Brad, he as also learned not to ask am I okay after every cough, and knows if I'm not okay I will get his attention, he sometimes reminds me to take my meds...just to make sure I dont forget (enzymes become very automatic through the years to the point you ask yourself if you took them or not), etc.

I believe God put us together. It was destiny, faith...or whatever you want to call it. We are the answer to each other's prayers...specially with the way we met and what was going on in our individual lives at the time. He is a wonderful man. I guess you can also call him a gem. Oct will be 8yrs together, 2 of those yrs are married....and I plan on many, many more to come <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

As Em said...Yay for good men!
 
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blindhearted

New member
lightNlife, sounds like your husband is a wonderful man. He also reminds me of my husband Chad. Chad knew about CF before we started dating (I was his pt in our local hospital when he was a nursing assistant...that's how we met), took it upon his self to learn more about CF (without me knowing at the time), he had the RTs in the hospital to teach him how to correctly give me manual CPT, he began going to my CF Clinic appts with me while we were dating, he will make his work schedule around my doctors appt if I ask him to, every night when he gets home from working a 12 hr shift as a RN he stays up to give me one "good beating" before we go to bed, when I had my pneumothorax, he changed his work hours from 12 hrs to 8 so he could make sure I had two good CPTs and start my IVs (being a nurse, he wanted to make sure they were done right, after a few days he trust the fact that I could properly do them on my own) before he went to work because with my port access and a chest tube, the vest was out of the question...among a ton of other things. Like Brad, he as also learned not to ask am I okay after every cough, and knows if I'm not okay I will get his attention, he sometimes reminds me to take my meds...just to make sure I dont forget (enzymes become very automatic through the years to the point you ask yourself if you took them or not), etc.

I believe God put us together. It was destiny, faith...or whatever you want to call it. We are the answer to each other's prayers...specially with the way we met and what was going on in our individual lives at the time. He is a wonderful man. I guess you can also call him a gem. Oct will be 8yrs together, 2 of those yrs are married....and I plan on many, many more to come <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

As Em said...Yay for good men!
 
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JORDYSMOM

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I am so excited about this thread! My friends roll their eyes when I brag about my hubby. I was bragging on him at work and a co-worker told another person that she thought I was full of it because no man is like that unless he wants something or has done something wrong. Well mine is.

David sends me texts everyday, several times a day, saying "hey beautiful I love you" or "I love my baby". He is my best friend and my partner in everything. When I think of how I tried so hard to run him off at first, I just want to slap myself. He is younger than me and had never been married, never had kids and I had three boys and an ex. What I considered too much baggage to lay on him. I was afraid he would feel resentful later if he took on me and mine. He told me to quit making decisions for him and let him into my world. I can't imagine not having him in my life. God sent him to me I know. He was my saving grace and my answer to prayer. It's funny how you can pray for something for so long and when it comes you don't recognize it. Silly me!

I'm glad I finally woke up and smelled the coffee. We have been together for 7 years now. I couldn't have gone through the dx of my son without David there to hold me up. He really understands his role as a husband and a father. So many men today do not! It takes a special man to take another man's children and raise them as his own. David is a very special man.

Stacey
 
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JORDYSMOM

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I am so excited about this thread! My friends roll their eyes when I brag about my hubby. I was bragging on him at work and a co-worker told another person that she thought I was full of it because no man is like that unless he wants something or has done something wrong. Well mine is.

David sends me texts everyday, several times a day, saying "hey beautiful I love you" or "I love my baby". He is my best friend and my partner in everything. When I think of how I tried so hard to run him off at first, I just want to slap myself. He is younger than me and had never been married, never had kids and I had three boys and an ex. What I considered too much baggage to lay on him. I was afraid he would feel resentful later if he took on me and mine. He told me to quit making decisions for him and let him into my world. I can't imagine not having him in my life. God sent him to me I know. He was my saving grace and my answer to prayer. It's funny how you can pray for something for so long and when it comes you don't recognize it. Silly me!

I'm glad I finally woke up and smelled the coffee. We have been together for 7 years now. I couldn't have gone through the dx of my son without David there to hold me up. He really understands his role as a husband and a father. So many men today do not! It takes a special man to take another man's children and raise them as his own. David is a very special man.

Stacey
 
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JORDYSMOM

New member
I am so excited about this thread! My friends roll their eyes when I brag about my hubby. I was bragging on him at work and a co-worker told another person that she thought I was full of it because no man is like that unless he wants something or has done something wrong. Well mine is.

David sends me texts everyday, several times a day, saying "hey beautiful I love you" or "I love my baby". He is my best friend and my partner in everything. When I think of how I tried so hard to run him off at first, I just want to slap myself. He is younger than me and had never been married, never had kids and I had three boys and an ex. What I considered too much baggage to lay on him. I was afraid he would feel resentful later if he took on me and mine. He told me to quit making decisions for him and let him into my world. I can't imagine not having him in my life. God sent him to me I know. He was my saving grace and my answer to prayer. It's funny how you can pray for something for so long and when it comes you don't recognize it. Silly me!

I'm glad I finally woke up and smelled the coffee. We have been together for 7 years now. I couldn't have gone through the dx of my son without David there to hold me up. He really understands his role as a husband and a father. So many men today do not! It takes a special man to take another man's children and raise them as his own. David is a very special man.

Stacey
 
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JORDYSMOM

New member
I am so excited about this thread! My friends roll their eyes when I brag about my hubby. I was bragging on him at work and a co-worker told another person that she thought I was full of it because no man is like that unless he wants something or has done something wrong. Well mine is.

David sends me texts everyday, several times a day, saying "hey beautiful I love you" or "I love my baby". He is my best friend and my partner in everything. When I think of how I tried so hard to run him off at first, I just want to slap myself. He is younger than me and had never been married, never had kids and I had three boys and an ex. What I considered too much baggage to lay on him. I was afraid he would feel resentful later if he took on me and mine. He told me to quit making decisions for him and let him into my world. I can't imagine not having him in my life. God sent him to me I know. He was my saving grace and my answer to prayer. It's funny how you can pray for something for so long and when it comes you don't recognize it. Silly me!

I'm glad I finally woke up and smelled the coffee. We have been together for 7 years now. I couldn't have gone through the dx of my son without David there to hold me up. He really understands his role as a husband and a father. So many men today do not! It takes a special man to take another man's children and raise them as his own. David is a very special man.

Stacey
 
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