My wife was a wonderful caregiver. But, mostly I didn't have any choice. There were days that I wanted to give up, but my wife would have never let me.

I also set up a journal on a site called Caringbridge (it's free). I never knew I had so many caring friends. And, many of them passed along the link. I even heard from my college suite-mate from nearly 50 years ago. Reminders that a lot of people wanted me around for awhile.