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ANGRY at my dying father and feeling a tiny bit guilty, but still angry.
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 221075" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Thank you to everyone for your affirmations and support. It's good to know that there are others who totally understand what this experience feels like.</p><p> </p><p>My mom went up to the hospital to get info on the sleep study today and ran into my dad's internist. She told him about her concern over the edema, the diuretic he's on just isn't doing the job, etc. He told her to call the office and tell them he'd see my dad on Friday.</p><p> </p><p>Well, Friday is the day they get their kitchen cabinets installed and my dad REFUSES to leave the house with the workers unattended because he "KNOWS" they'll steal him blind. I offered to go over to "keep watcah" so my mom can take him to see the doctor again -- she said she'll tell him... we'll see if he cooperates!</p><p> </p><p>Oh yeah, and apparently he had a wad of cash stuffed in an envelope for "emergencies" or whatever, and he can't find it now. Says he put it in one of the boxes of "stuff" they packed up so the crew could lay their new flooring last week. Brilliant, huh? </p><p> </p><p>He is also a compulsive hoarder. Medication. Clothing. Old electronic parts. Computer stuff. Car parts. Magazines. VHS tapes. DVDs. Books. Junk. Their garage is packed to the gills with his "stuff", as is about 75&#37; of their house. Major anxiety and abandonment issues, I know.</p><p> </p><p>Sigh. It's a wonder any of us survives the families we are born into. Maybe that's one of the reasons I fight so hard for my difficult child's. I have always been determined to ensure their childhood did not have the problems that mine had (and sadly, theirs has had its share of problems, but nowhere near what they could have been). </p><p> </p><p>Anyway, thank you so much for all your kind words. I was just feeling so down about Dad's situation and so angry. I'm sure that will come and go with time. I'll do whatever I can to help my mom -- she calls me almost daily to talk, and it's good we can do that for eachother. I know she's going to really need me as time goes on, and I'm happy to be able to do that for her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 221075, member: 3444"] Thank you to everyone for your affirmations and support. It's good to know that there are others who totally understand what this experience feels like. My mom went up to the hospital to get info on the sleep study today and ran into my dad's internist. She told him about her concern over the edema, the diuretic he's on just isn't doing the job, etc. He told her to call the office and tell them he'd see my dad on Friday. Well, Friday is the day they get their kitchen cabinets installed and my dad REFUSES to leave the house with the workers unattended because he "KNOWS" they'll steal him blind. I offered to go over to "keep watcah" so my mom can take him to see the doctor again -- she said she'll tell him... we'll see if he cooperates! Oh yeah, and apparently he had a wad of cash stuffed in an envelope for "emergencies" or whatever, and he can't find it now. Says he put it in one of the boxes of "stuff" they packed up so the crew could lay their new flooring last week. Brilliant, huh? He is also a compulsive hoarder. Medication. Clothing. Old electronic parts. Computer stuff. Car parts. Magazines. VHS tapes. DVDs. Books. Junk. Their garage is packed to the gills with his "stuff", as is about 75% of their house. Major anxiety and abandonment issues, I know. Sigh. It's a wonder any of us survives the families we are born into. Maybe that's one of the reasons I fight so hard for my difficult child's. I have always been determined to ensure their childhood did not have the problems that mine had (and sadly, theirs has had its share of problems, but nowhere near what they could have been). Anyway, thank you so much for all your kind words. I was just feeling so down about Dad's situation and so angry. I'm sure that will come and go with time. I'll do whatever I can to help my mom -- she calls me almost daily to talk, and it's good we can do that for eachother. I know she's going to really need me as time goes on, and I'm happy to be able to do that for her. [/QUOTE]
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