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Any caregivers gaining weight?
Caregivers | Last Active: 1 day ago | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
I, too, have gained way too much weight as I care for my husband who has dementia. All kinds of reasons including all those mentioned above. Adding to that, I cannot get away long enough to get any exercise. I used to exercise daily (running, walking, going to the gym), but now I can't walk to the bathroom without my hubby calling me to help him with something. So I sit when I can (I'm exhausted, no sleep), and I feed my pain, depression, stress, loneliness...
You're all caregivers, you know how it is.
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How long have you been a caregiver for your husband? I must be a wimp because this has only started in September of this year when he overdosed on his oxycodone. That is when he was diagnosed with cancer. He has had advanced copd for years and uses about 3 or4 inhalers plus oxygen and a nebulizer. I believe he has had the cancer for a long time. His pcp wanted him to go for an mri but he refused to go. Again he went into respiratory distress last sunday and had to be rushed to the hospital. So, I worry. I overeat and am forgetting so many things. I think I am the one with the brain fog as they call it. My husband does not bother me for very much so I do have the time to get my fat butt into my room and use my walking videos. But I just don't have the oomph to do it.