Thanks, Park12, for the response! In answer to your questions, no I don't have a therapist, not anymore. I live in a small town, 1 psychiatrist, far too few mental health workers. I did see this...
I'm not new to HW. It's been several years though; while I was caring for my mother with Alzheimer's this was my "go-to" place for info, advice, compassion, sharing. Now I'm in a different world of...
Oh, I am so relieved! I was sick at the thought I had offended you, Lyn, and I appreciate both of you writing back to alleviate my fear. Have a good day......and accept my thanks:-) linda...
Lyn, I am so so so sorry my post caused you any pain. I certainly was not trying to incite anything but to be helpful if possible. Please accept my apologies, I am sincerely sorry and will butt out,...
It's been a VERY long time since I have posted, or even checked the forum at all. I think it was that subconsciously not reading about or dealing with the task of caregiver, the challenge that...
Dear Lyn, It's been far too long since I have checked in to see how folks are doing. Naturally there are "excuses" but none really excuse me from appearing to forget. Any bumps in the road I am...
Dear Lyn, As I posted on the other thread, I am sorry to hear this news, knowing the grief and sorrow it leaves. Having him relieved from those machines was such a gift you gave him, and I am so...
Dear Lyn, My most sincere condolences to you. I knew this day would likely come soon, also that you so desperately wanted your Dad off those machines, but I also know that expected or not, it is...
GREAT!!!! GREAT NEWS!! REALLY GOOD NEWS!! GREAT!!!! GREAT NEWS!! REALLY GOOD NEWS!! GREAT!!!! GREAT NEWS!! REALLY GOOD NEWS!! GREAT!!!! GREAT NEWS!! REALLY GOOD NEWS!!...
Dear friends, Lyn, I am very relieved to hear both you and Cait are recovering. At this time I am caring for my friend/neighbor who has many health difficulties and now this flu on top of it all....
Dear Lyn, Don't feel you have to get back to me....just wanted to let you know how badly I feel that you and Cait were so ill! It seems that as a mother, when we are sick and even extremely sick, our...
Dear Padraig, Mary, Lyn and others, I feel so badly that I have not been keeping up with everyone. It had been so long since my last log-in that my password was required and I will spare you the...
Dear Lyn, I know this is such a difficult time for you and I am so sorry. I hope you are able to see your Dad whenever you want, as hard as it must be to see him this was, knowing it was not his...
Mary, Of all things to remember from this is precisely what someone else told you also: That you have done everything in your power to do the very best for Eric, out of love and no other motive. That...
Hi Lyn, It seems we are missing each other on the forum. I write before I know all the facts, read the new posts and respond, just as you are responding to my response! Must mean we are with each...
Oh Lyn, I am so sorrowfully sorry to hear all this!! I had no idea it was this bad. I just finished posting on the other site, a long bit of it to you about this whole biological thing. When you have...
Dear Mary, Lyn and Padraig, Welcome back from Spain, Padraig. A good vacation, especially with loved ones, never seems to last long enough. As for my knee surgery: I am never one to do things...
Dear Lyn, I do not want you to feel you need to respond at all to any postings directed to you. You need only to care for yourself and not worry about taking care of everyone else. This is one of...
Mary, I just wrote a much much too long entry responding in more depth to the situation you are unfortunately in. I realized the length, felt guilty for taking up so much time for people who think if...
Hello all, I don't even know when I last posted and am sorry to hear about even more hardships. I was doing something I knew could have a poor outcome but was unwilling to ask for help and unwilling...
Oh Lyn, I hadn't been able to check the forum for several days. Please don't think I was ignoring your pleas for help or an offering of prayers. You are finding yourself where I was, two times. My...
Good morning, Lyn, I feel so much of your pain. On one hand we want our loved ones who are in obvious pain to be allowed to pass as much on their own terms as possible, reminding them that we...
Lyn, Padraig, Mary and all others........ Lyn, you sound as though you have come to terms about your Dad, but isn't reality just horrid sometimes? He is so fortunate to have you and Cait, and...
Mary, how touching about the flowers!!! Gave me a good reason to shed a tear or two:-) And how true it is that amidst so much angst that a gesture such as that can make things feel so great?! My Dad...
Dear Mary, I do hope I wasn't sounding as if you weren't thinking about your husband's needs! I know that his well being is your foremost consideration in all that you do and from reading your posts...
Oh Mary, I am SO sorry to hear this! There really aren't words because I know you have to be so frustrated and angry and what more could I say............. I simply cannot understand the thinking of...
Hello......... I am just checking in to see if you are doing better with your dad, Lyn, and how you are physically feeling; how you, Mary, are dealing with the family interruptions and if you are...
Hi Mary, You need a gigantic hug! All that you are dealing with, the family issues around your husband, it even sounds overwhelming in the sense that it doesn't seem like you really ever get a break...
Padraig, Your posting showed up at a very opportune time for me. It is 6 a.m. here and I have yet to get to bed and get any sleep. I thought it was because I got a great deal more exercise today than...
Hello to all, Really no news, just wanted to check in and see how folks were doing. The only real news is about the erratic weather we have been having, even a tornado which is nearly unheard of in...
Good evening all! I am hoping things are continuing to improve for you Mary with the children and ex factor, and that your husband is doing as well as expected. Again, I am happy that you are...
Dear Lyn, Mary, Padraig, and all the other wonderful caregivers: It is 2008. So hard to believe it has been as long as it has since I was caring full time for Mom and Dad, yet just as hard to believe...
TO all my wonderful HW friends, It is Christmas morning here in Oregon. I awoke to the sound of the surf again, very loud, as the storm was quite pronounced last night. I enjoyed it, but I could hear...
Thank you, Mary, for those nice words. They are so true, it's comforting to think about, and it is especially good knowing there are so many of us that truly care about each other, having been let...
Padraig, It is afternoon here, Christmas Eve Day. I am sitting in a wonderful little cottage, in front of huge windows that are facing the very mighty Pacific Ocean (due to mega-storms lately), with...
Dear Padraig, It's good to see you back here, if only for a bit. It is just reassuring to "hear" your voice. Your poignant description of how it was entering Jean's world was beautiful and so true....
Dear Padraig, I wouldn't be surprised if you have not been checking the HW site these last several days. I do want you to know, though, that you are being thought of every moment of the day, that I...
Dear Padraig, I know I am but one of many in the HW family who grieve with you and for you. Your love story with Jean is so powerful and it has been an honor for me to be allowed into some parts of...
Dear Padraig, If there were words of comfort, I would say them. If there was anything I could do, I would do it. As is the case when losing a loved one, there are never the right words. No words can...
Hello Padraig, Lyn, Mary and others, I am relieved to hear that Jean is making progress, that there were no fractures, and that she is at home with she still where she belongs. I pray that her...
Dear Padraig, I am unbelievably sorry this happened to Jean, and to you. It sounds as though her fall caused considerable hurt and I pray she is not in too much pain. As we have all shared here...
Hi Kitt, Actually, we have "met" before soon after I joined the HW forum for Alzheimer's and even when I was posting occasionally on the anxiety/depression threads. You are great at welcoming and...
Lyn, Oh yes, another wonderful song that conjures up so many lovely memories of childhood, and then of my own children when they were young. I actually sing that song to myself, as one of many tools...
Lyn, and the rest of your hilarious posting friends, HELLO! I am admitting to being a "butt-inski" into others' business, (a term my dad used to always use.) I was just cruising around the forum...
Just a quick replay to that of passing down songs etc. : my mom had a Burl Ives song "turra lurra lurra" that she sang to me every night, several times each night, for as long as I could remember....
Dear Lyn, Padraig, Mary, and others, I have been unable to keep up with this forum for several reasons and am happy/sad/dismayed/empathetic/sympathetic/sorry/ to read about new developments. Padraig,...
Dear Mary, I dearly wish I had anything, any words at all, to ease even a little of your sadness, frustration and pain. You have been thrust into an almost impossible situation and certainly there...
Mary, I have little to offer that the others haven't already, except to say that when I got an attorney I trusted and respected in my corner everything started to go much smoother. Although there was...
I WILL BE BRIEF!!! I had intended to include this good news from a recent bulletin I received from the Alzheimer's Association. My contributions were so small, yet very meaningful for me. I ended up...
Good evening all! My sojourn across several states to be with my friend and to visit the homestead my Dad spoke of so often was great....emotional but great. I am still in Montana, no plans to head...