That’s how I feel. It breaks my heart to see her going down hill and
there is nothing I can do. It makes me miserable to even think about
it.
Stacy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 7:28
PM
Subject: FW: Fwd: [QUAD-L] parents
getting older
ditto. Makes you feel useless as shit and worth even
less.
>From: "Jeremy Dickinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To:
quadlist <quad-list@eskimo.com>
>Subject:
Fwd: [QUAD-L] parents getting older
>Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:31:49
-0500
>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jeremy
Dickinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Feb 25,
2006 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] parents getting older
To: Silas
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sit
on my ass and worrry. That is all you can do. I have friends that
get sick
or my family get sick and I can't hug them, go to the store
for them, or
make them soup. It sucks.
On 2/25/06, Silas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hey Stacy,
>My mother is getting older too, ive got 4
sisters that will take care of
>her. Still it worries the shit out
of me, being stuck in this frigging
>chair and can't do nothing to
help. Same worry with my kids, if something
>happens what could I
do to help. A couple nights ago one of my sisters had
>it out with
her husband, all hell broke louse and she ended up going to
>jail.
They wouldn't release her because she was threatening to kill her
>self,
I had to set here like a bucket of shit and do nothing but worry till
>I
made myself sick. If I wasn't paralyzed I could have settled her ass
>down
>before it went that far. I feel so helpless
somtimes, what do the rest of
>you all do when shit happens and you have
to set and waite instead of being
>able to help.
>Worry
wart. Silas
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From:
Stacy Harim
>To: Quad-List
>Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006
11:25 AM
>Subject: [QUAD-L] parents getting older
>
>I
have had my Mom up here the last few weeks. My brother commited
suicide
>and it was really a stressful time. I also have another
brother who is bi
>polar in prison and my oldest brother is self
absorbed and doesn't call or
>talk to anyone.
>
>All that
aside, my Mom is physically not doing well. She is only 54 but
>has
>had a stroke on one side and broke her hip on the other
side. She can't
>get
>around very well and has a very hard
time getting into my van. I'm
>concerned about her when she gets
older. I'm the responsible one out of
>the
>kids and I have
always thought that I could never let my parents go to a
>nursing
home. If her boyfriend goes before her or they split up, then
I'm
>at a loss as to what I would do to help her. I can't do
anything for her
>and it eats me up. When she had her stroke, I
was the only one that flew
>down to Florida. While I was there, I
got her house in order by cleaning,
>organizing and making things easier
for her. Now that I'm in the chair, I
>cant do those things for
her and it eats me up inside to think she'll end
>up
>in a
nursing home.
>
>Has anyone else had any thoughts like
that?
>
>Stacy
--
Jeremy - 23 - Florida
C-3 Quad
since 4/12/01
OI Type IV since 7/29/82
--
Jeremy - 23 -
Florida
C-3 Quad since 4/12/01
OI Type IV since
7/29/82
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