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The Caregivers' Guilt Dumpster - Open for business

Caregivers | Last Active: Jan 4 11:29pm | Replies (206)

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@cjme You are "preaching to the choir" with your post. I also have to weigh my emotions about unrealistic expecations about attending events, traveling, etc. Well meaning family and friends offer suggestions about going somewhere warm now that it's winter. But the thought of me handling everything is out of the question. Driving, packing all the medications, bringing the oxygen compresser and tanks, finding bathrooms . . . too much. Thank you for letting me add to your "dumpster guilt".

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@bigbon Thanks for adding the comment about the well meaning family and friends that give suggestions that require unrealistic energy to achieve! I have recently answered them with "if I could just snap my fingers and make it happen that would be wonderful, but the effort to make it happen would take an army of people, and the expense is beyond our means!" They do mean well, but you can't truly imagine it until you live it, right?