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Originally Posted by brendarash  I am so sorry you are feeling down and alone. First, if you are feeling depressed you need to make a visit to your doctor to see about getting help for depression. Blood work is a good thing to get done.It can take a few weeks before it gets to a theraputic level. As far as you family not helping you, you need to firmly tell them next weekend (or what ever day is best) WE are going to get this house cleaned up. Do not give them a choice. It sounds like you are to nice,and they know they can run all over you. Let them know ,if your things are still in this house and not taken care of it is going to the dump. Maybe you need to take time for yourself, go to lunch with a friend or with your husband for a change. I know how it is to have many fur babies.I have 6 pups and 4 cats. All indoor cats.I have a husband that is very sick with liver failure, I am his only caretaker, I take care of everything 100%. with no help at all. not to mention,I have a very bad back on top of that,but I love to spend as much time with Mike while I still have him because They do not know how long he has. Good luck, If you need to talk pm me. I will be here to listen. |
Brenda -- How kind of you to offer yourself to listen and help another with all you are going through. Sometimes it's amazing the people who are shouldering the largest loads are the most willing to take on an additional burden. I was my husband's sole care provider until the last couple of days when Hospice sent a nurse to be with us. My husband had cancer for a while but we only knew the diagnosis about his last 11 months. Those were some very difficult months for him. So I fully understand what you are going through. I am glad you are able to be there with him all the time. I am very thankful to have been able to have done that as well. Every minute is precious. I'd like to offer in turn to be here for you too. PM me or call, I'll PM the number. Sometimes an ear to listen is all we need, no matter what challenge we are facing. I will add you to my prayers and please, I would like to be here for you. It sounds like you are handling this fine on your own, but I remember talking with another YT member a year or more ago. I didn't realize how much I needed to share some things until we talked. It was good to talk with someone who truly understood what I had been going through. I am thankful to her for the talks and PMs we shared. Just let me know if I can help.