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Posted on 6/28/24 at 8:47 am to BFANLC
I’ve had a very similar month of real challenges and just wanted to offer you some encouragement (and to anyone else experiencing similar stress levels).
One day at a time. Hang in there.
One day at a time. Hang in there.
Posted on 6/28/24 at 8:56 am to BFANLC
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It's been a sorry month for my family and I. My mom has dementia and we've had to call in hospice. My dog died at the beginning of the month and this past Wednesday I was in a motorcycle accident. On Tuesday before the accident my ac went out at the house. It's been one thing after another.
This isn't to be ugly; it's meant to reinforce what you already know. Suck it up and forget everything else. Take care of your mom. Worry about yourself later.
If you're married, tell your wife that's what you're doing. You'll need her to understand.
Posted on 6/28/24 at 9:25 am to Aubie Spr96
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People are too damned stupid to see motorcycles.
People who ride them are just as stupid and generally I don't feel bad for anyone who gets in a wreck while on one
Posted on 6/28/24 at 9:39 am to BFANLC
my friend, I do understand.
my Dad just started in house Hospice for his dementia - he is losing weight, and I feel like we are really on borrowed time.
our car broke down and no real way to pay for repairs at the moment, have power issues with the wiring in the house - that we cannot get fixed at the moment, out we had to have our pup put down 2 days ago ourselves.
I am not a religious person, far from it really - but i believe that Life in general puts on us what we can truly shoulder - it is not easy, not even close - but you can do it. keep strong my man - no matter what happens you aren't alone. even here in this Hive of Villainy, we are all family and here for ya.
my Dad just started in house Hospice for his dementia - he is losing weight, and I feel like we are really on borrowed time.
our car broke down and no real way to pay for repairs at the moment, have power issues with the wiring in the house - that we cannot get fixed at the moment, out we had to have our pup put down 2 days ago ourselves.
I am not a religious person, far from it really - but i believe that Life in general puts on us what we can truly shoulder - it is not easy, not even close - but you can do it. keep strong my man - no matter what happens you aren't alone. even here in this Hive of Villainy, we are all family and here for ya.
Posted on 6/28/24 at 9:43 am to BFANLC
I'm sorry, baw. Life definitely sucks sometimes. I'm finding that as I get older, more shite keeps happening in succession. It can certainly get to you if you let it.
Hoping that you pull through.
Hoping that you pull through.
Posted on 6/28/24 at 10:29 am to BFANLC
Prayers for you and your family
Good tip…. Do not ride a fricking Motorcycle
Posted on 6/28/24 at 10:29 am to BFANLC
That's a lot of shite to hit all at once. Hang in there..
Posted on 6/28/24 at 10:58 am to GRTiger
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Love on your mom until the end. They feel, hear, and in some part of their brain, understand what's happening. They just can't turn it into output. I could see the struggle in my mom's eyes when she heard something she wanted to respond to.
Talk to her, hug and kiss her, and sometimes enable her. It's there. Make it comfortable.
Sorry for your other troubles. Mom is the priority right now.
Good advice. I went through something simliar. Be patient, even when it is hard, hug her and tell her that you love her. And get better. Prayers sent.
Posted on 6/28/24 at 11:32 am to BFANLC
Sorry Bfan. Hope things turn around soon for your family
Posted on 6/28/24 at 11:47 am to BFANLC
Sorry for your mom. Prayers for you.
Dementia is tough. They wife's mom had it. For about a year, she and her sister swapped out, staying for two days on and then two days off with her. They slept on a roll away bed blocking the front door of her apartment, so she couldn't follow the make-believe cat that bothered her all the time. One day, I went to pick the wife up and after we left, her mother asked the sister, did my wife know I was picking up that woman who just left. Sometimes the wife was her daughter and sometimes "That woman who stays here sometimes."
She would get up in the middle of the night and open all the closet doors, bathroom and kitchen cabinets, beating on the walls and doors, looking for "That Damn Cat". She would also stand at the kitchen window, yelling at "Those people in the back yard." She would wake the wife and her sister up in the middle of the night asking if they "would kick out that lady who was hiding in her closet."
Those were bad days. Hopefully she is in a better place now.
My mom is 97 last week. Death as a post and may bury all of us.
Dementia is tough. They wife's mom had it. For about a year, she and her sister swapped out, staying for two days on and then two days off with her. They slept on a roll away bed blocking the front door of her apartment, so she couldn't follow the make-believe cat that bothered her all the time. One day, I went to pick the wife up and after we left, her mother asked the sister, did my wife know I was picking up that woman who just left. Sometimes the wife was her daughter and sometimes "That woman who stays here sometimes."
She would get up in the middle of the night and open all the closet doors, bathroom and kitchen cabinets, beating on the walls and doors, looking for "That Damn Cat". She would also stand at the kitchen window, yelling at "Those people in the back yard." She would wake the wife and her sister up in the middle of the night asking if they "would kick out that lady who was hiding in her closet."
Those were bad days. Hopefully she is in a better place now.
My mom is 97 last week. Death as a post and may bury all of us.
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Posted on 6/28/24 at 12:21 pm to BFANLC
Hang in there brother. It's tough right now but things will get better. Prayers to you and your family.
Posted on 6/28/24 at 12:24 pm to Thracken13
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no matter what happens you aren't alone. even here in this Hive of Villainy, we are all family and here for ya.
Truer words have never been spoken. I love the OT.
Posted on 6/28/24 at 12:46 pm to BFANLC
Prayers sent. Hang in there. It’ll get better.
Posted on 6/28/24 at 12:53 pm to BFANLC
Saying a prayer for you and your family, man. I hope things start looking up for you.
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