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When things just don't get better
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Nov 11, 2022 | Replies (147)Comment receiving replies
...oh I just got that web site up, thanks.... it cites a lot of information pages so will take another look tomorrow but from first paragraph includes two issues my spouse had/has: diabetic and smoker... although I must give him credit that after smoking 50 years he is only having maybe 4 a day now. my ill health covers a lot of issues and I try and put myself in his shoes but I can only do it for so long and then I crumble .... honestly am not quite sure where this vehicle with no steering wheel is headed..... I can tell he is trying not to snap at me and I him so there is hope.... although "hope" can mean many things to different people.....J.
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@lacy2
Oh my goodness my dear, it sounds like a very unstable situation there. I hope you have a backup resource or two? I mean is there any way for you to receive some help in a pinch? I certainly hope so, especially if there are times when neither of you has a way to be the caregiver of the moment. My wife and I are without any backup per se, all our family is over a thousand miles away and nobody nearby, just casual friends. Fortunately I am in solid health (knock on wood) but it's always in the back of my mind "what if...". We would have to lean heavily on faith in a pinch (I think of the quote about "consider the lilies of the field"..."birds of the air" etc), which takes me all the way back to the year after we were married and the unsteady situation we were in financially and how we were looked after from above back then. My heart goes out to you both, and I hope your husband can rally from his convalescence to become the rock for you both again. But I also know just how much healing is required to come back from open heart surgery, that takes so much out of one. Can be a long road back. Is he making good progress? Best, Hank