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Old 07-28-2011, 11:00 AM   #21
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Re: What is still always the same.

TC... you earned that moment! I do understand. There are times when you just want to explode and times that you actually do. Be kind to yourself and allow yourself those moments for they are what gets you through the rough patches. I have had my moments as well.

Yesterday must have been the day. I have been with Mom more lately then usual. Partly because of her recent decline, partly because of visitors who want me to accompany them, and partly because she had a good week cognitively when frequently leads to a completely different set of problems. I am resigned to staying the course with Mom until the end... but occasionally something pops up that I would really like to do. My high school reunion is August 6. I would truly love to be there. So I ask my sister (she knows when that date is) if she would be home that weekend. Nope.. she's going for yet another weekend away but told me maybe one of my nieces might be around. I threw myself a smashing pity party and my poor daughter was invited! Then I went to bed and slept for hours, woke up, went back to sleep and slept some more. Today it is better.

So my best advice to you is to get yourself some rest. You deal so much better with life when you are rested. Sleep deprivation makes everything worse. That is what I did for myself and I can tell you that it helped.

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Old 07-28-2011, 12:45 PM   #22
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Oh Deb.....glad to know that you are human too! You write with such strength and wisdom I often think you never ***lose it***. Yes - rest definitely helps. I am soooo much worse when I'm overtired, and with living in a metabolic "wonderland" post thyroid cancer, I can get overtired easier than I often realize.

This is such a surreal road to be on. I was handling things really well for several months, so now it has thrown me for a loop that I'm so down.....again.......fearing the final end......so sorrowful........so grateful for my DSD and the incredible dad that he's been to me......but feeling the loss and the hole that no one else will ever be able to fill......WAAAAAAA!!!

 
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Oh my TC... don't even think that I don't have my moments when the world better look out!! Losing it is just part of the journey. You accept it and gather it all back up and keep going. Most of all you forgive yourself for those moments when you are human! I love my daughter.... I blow and she goes... "Yes Mom, I know Mom, What did you expect Mom, I know Mom, All better now Mom!" Then I have to laugh!

To make you feel better. I flipped my lid after Mom fell a few weeks back and threatened to make a neglect report to the state!" After my friend's Mom passed last weekend and I had done all I could for her, I went out back, overlooking the lake, and promptly fell apart. I can go on and on... I am human But I have been on this journey most of my life. It started with my grandmother in the early 70's, through working in a care facility, right through my Dad and now Mom since 1998. Sandwiched in those good years of the early 90's I have some other major problem to deal with. I have just figured out that I am human and how to get myself back on track. It's not the falling off that matters but getting back on track!!

I thought losing my Dad was going to be the lowest point. He was my rock, my foundation, and my hero. I do miss him every day but as I have said before I loved him enough to let him go. He was ready and therefore I had to be ready. I haven't lost him. I see him every time I look in the mirror because he is so much a part of me. He is now my angel.... and I still talk to him I may not hear his words with my ears any more but my mind knows exactly what he is saying back to me. I feel so very blessed to have had him in my life for so long. It is how it should have been, a great father daughter connection, and for that I am grateful. So I am grateful for what I have had and let that over shadow what part is missing today

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