Hi Cassandra, I'm sorry about your loss of your mother. I know that's
really a tough thing to go thru.
I remember when my sister died in 1978, I said I wasn't sorry that she
died (because she was in such bad shape) but I was sorry that she
couldn't LIVE (meaning free of HD). It's true that people don't
really understand what you are going thru unless they are familar with
HD. Lots of folks here do truly understand, so feel free to vent and
chat and e-mail whenever you need someone to talk to.
I'm in Alabama but I think this board has folks just about nationwide.
Keep your chin up and know that you've got friends here.
Rachel



--- In huntingtonsdiseasesupportclub@yahoogroups.com, "cassandra"
<cassandraskil1@h...> wrote:
>
>
> I am a new member. My mom had Huntingtons Disease and she just died
> two weeks ago today. She was 49 years old. I was diagnosed in 1998
at
> the age of 23. I know that my mother was suffering and that she has
> been sick for a long time. With something like this, it isn't a
shock
> when they go. It is sometimes a little difficult to look your
future
> in the face, though. I don't really have anyone to talk to about
it.
> Nobody really understands. I don't expect them to unless they have
> grown up with this Disease as I have. I am glad that I found this
> support group. I think that it is exactly what I have been needing.