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The Dr. Laura Podcast

What Was it All For?

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

What Was it All For? - Gigi's husband of 43 years died recently, and in her grief, she finds herself questioning the meaning of life and death. - Dr. Laura: "Four decades of beautiful memories are the reason." | To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast.

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heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time

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on Sirius XM Triumph 111.

0:12.8

GG, welcome to the program.

0:14.7

Hello, Dr. Laura.

0:15.9

I appreciate being able to speak with you.

0:18.4

Thank you.

0:19.0

And I apologize in advance if I become emotional.

0:24.1

One does not have to apologize for being emotional

0:27.3

on my program.

0:29.4

Well, sometimes I can't talk when I do it.

0:34.5

In November of last year, I lost my husband.

0:37.8

We have been together for 43 years.

0:41.6

He had had to have had a lung transplant due to

0:46.1

idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2015.

0:50.5

And for four and a half years, we had more life.

0:55.5

And when we thought we wouldn't have anything left at all.

0:59.1

And then in January of last year, he went into a form of

1:05.2

rejection that there is no treatment for.

1:10.6

And was told he had six months to a year maybe less.

1:15.6

And of course, COVID happened.

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