"After my husband died suddenly at the age of 39, both my body and mind remained in a state of shock for years to come. It happened in 2018, when I was 34, and it has taken a long time for the cortisol levels in my body to come back down, and, in parallel, for the fog of grief to lift. It was an extraordinarily intense experience, and I really struggled, especially with work."
"We were at home, in our apartment in London, when out of nowhere, he collapsed. I rushed him to the hospital, and within 45 minutes, he was pronounced dead. It turned out he'd had deep vein thrombosis, which became the pulmonary embolism that killed him. Just like that, he was gone, and so was the future we'd been planning. We had been trying to have a child for a long time and were undergoing IVF without any success."
Her husband died unexpectedly from a pulmonary embolism when she was 34, leaving her in prolonged physiological and psychological shock. Elevated cortisol and a persistent grief fog made concentration and work return difficult despite employer support and a phased comeback. The shared future, including ongoing IVF attempts, collapsed overnight. She stepped back from full-time roles, later took a part-time position at a women's charity, and experienced cultural and job-market challenges after relocating to the United States. Her personal loss and the resulting practical gaps in planning inspired the launch of Lemons.Life, an online will-writing service.
Read at Business Insider
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