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My prayers and good wishes to your wife and your family.It’s not just limited to the elderly, in the last 3 months, my wife has gone from working 40-50 hrs a week, to being basically bed ridden. While the cancer has been physically disabling, the mental though of a second more severe form of cancer has basically taken the wind completely out of her sails. We have been helping take care of my wife’s mom, no I’ve gone to caring for the wife.
when your growing up, the thought of caring for your parents is a distant thought in the back of your mind, but caring for a child or partner is almost unthinkable. My respect and sympathy goes out to everyone, who cares for their love ones.
Having gone through this with my wife's father, mother and grandmother, I can appreciate how difficult it is to care for a love one day in and day out. We do it because we love them and care, but that does not make it any easier. My wife, because I was working did most (99%) of the work. But it is tasking on everyone. Towards the end of her grandmothers time, my wife would be lucky to get an hour of sleep at any one time. Her grandmother was afraid of being alone and would constantly call my wife to come in and sit with her. Sadly, my wife got little to no help from her siblings.
P.S. I have a lot of respect for caretakers that deal with this on a daily basis.