One of the saddest things for me to watch is to see how much my husband misses his friendships. Don't get me wrong, our friends have been wonderful and have been around. The problem is it wouldn't matter how much they visited, or tried to get Bob out, Bob would still miss them. He misses what he is able to do with them, going out and having fun, boating, camping, driving in the bush, going for drinks, even doing crazy things at times. He misses being able to participate in life with them. He feels now when he sees his friends he doesn't have much to talk about except his ALS, and he hates that. He wishes for his friends to be happy of course, but it makes him exceptionally sad too, that he isn't involved. And even if he wanted to do some of these things, it is hard for him to get out because of this nasty disease.
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