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EPISODE · Jan 19, 2026 · 1H 18M

"Life After Loss -A True Love Story" - The loss of husband after caring for 17 years

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This Weeks guest is the lovely Dorothy, she shares her deeply personal journey of caring for her husband Melvin, through a long term illness, and the grief that has followed his death. Dorothy reflects on partnership, devotion, battles for help with his caregiving and the complexities of anticipatory grief. Their relationship was a "True Love Story" with enduring love of 49 years, she intends to use that love to carry her forward with her mission to highlight and support the plight of unpaid carers across the country, she is the perfect advocate for Carers UK. carersuk.org Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/room_to_grieve/ Join our Facebook group here https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550631693157 RSS Hosted on Podbean https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-mewje-11e1e37 Send any questions, comments or just reach out to Karen and Bec on anything relating to grief and loss to [email protected] and Karen and Bec may read it out and address this on their next episode, only if you are happy to share, otherwise all messages are private. Hopefully by sharing their friendship and their daily struggles it will help others navigating their own grief in the everyday.

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