Towkerman, I am from Southampton in England and this is my first post. I sympathise with you so much. My wife died on 19th January this year, she got taken to hospital with a stroke and died the next day. We had been married for 37 years but met when we were both 16 which is a total of 42 years. After the initial shock I thought I was coping, but then I had a serious bout of flu and a chest infection . I went back to work and tried to get on with things, but the stress and ill health has gradually got worse. I am now off work with severe depression and anxiety, and have reluctantly started on antidepressants. I have lost a lot of weight and have no appetite. My anxiety was like yours, related to my own health symptoms and it took a while to recognise the symptoms. I dont know if I will ever recover, I miss my wife so very much. The problem is I have 3 grown up children and 6 grandchildren and I want to help them, but at the moment I feel as if I am a burden to them. They say that time heals, but at the moment I am very doubtful.
