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Caregivers
Archives for September 2018
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Caregiver Guilt
I am a new cancer caregiver for my husband who was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. Many times throughout the day I find myself planning for his death and what I will do if he passes away. I feel so guilty for thinking these things. I feel so selfish. I am frightened, angry, distraught, and overwhelmed. I love him so…
Am I wrong?
My husbands family is driving me to the brink of insanity! His brother I ended up blocking his number because I can not listen to him anymore. Everytime he visits or calls he is drunk beyond control and he starts babbling that he can't loose his brother, he would have to step up and raise the boys, that it's becomng real…
New Caregiver responsibility
I am scared for my husband everyday. I love him so much and trying to help him all i can. This is new and a nightmare. My husband apologizes to me and I tell him it is not his fault. I try to make sure he eats and be supportive for him. There are days that I want to cry all day. There are days I see him teary eyes and I…
...dang
this was originally a topic on how rough it is and how you get treated but I had to delete most of the subject matter for privacy reasons. best of luck to all in this battle. it's brutal and they can be downright mean. she says absolutely horrible things to me like you will read below. it wasnt that bad initially but it…
Back again
My boyfriend (Who has cancer) and I broke up in after being together about a year and a half. We found out he had stage 4 cancer after being together for a year and things went haywire for us once he started chemo. We got back together after a month (He initiated contact and went above and beyond to prove to me that he…
Feeling lost my furry caregiver passed away
I thought this might be too silly to post, but figured I should since this is why we are all here. I am a caregiver to my husband. Throughout the rocky road the past couple years, my one stable support was our little kitty Daisy. She had little tiny shoulders, but they held so much. She just passed away yesterday and I…