I am having a really bad time today. My mother is in the hospital, again. She was just in for 14 days, out 2, back in again. She is sick all the time.
She has a history of chronic bladder infections, uti's, etc. She also has kidney disease and recently started dialysis. She also has lymphoma, which thankfully is under control. she is depressed over the loss of my father, last december. They had been married 42 years. He died of lung cancer.
Is is selfish to say I am tired of thinking about all this? I just want to forget it. I want to be able to enjoy my kids, my husband, my life without dreading the phone when it rings. I love my mother, but I have a life too. I can't fix this.
Then I come here and read some of the situations other people are dealing with, and I realize maybe I don't have it so bad. But I'm really tired.
Thanks for listening.
She has a history of chronic bladder infections, uti's, etc. She also has kidney disease and recently started dialysis. She also has lymphoma, which thankfully is under control. she is depressed over the loss of my father, last december. They had been married 42 years. He died of lung cancer.
Is is selfish to say I am tired of thinking about all this? I just want to forget it. I want to be able to enjoy my kids, my husband, my life without dreading the phone when it rings. I love my mother, but I have a life too. I can't fix this.
Then I come here and read some of the situations other people are dealing with, and I realize maybe I don't have it so bad. But I'm really tired.
Thanks for listening.
I am so sorry that you are experiencing all this. I'm sorry for the loss of your father last year, the holidays can be a hard time when an anniversary rolls around. I understand your tiredness. My mother is in a very advanced stage of Parkinson's Disease and has been quite ill with complications for quite some time. Just when we think she won't last much longer, she rebounds which we are grateful for, but it gets very physically and emotionally trying.
