I see many ideas that really would have helped me in here -- especially things like helping with meals and housework. I would have appreciated someone sitting with my mom and visiting while I went to the grocery store, more than someone shopping for me. I guess that is the importance of knowing the person. For me, the diagnosis was really shocking and I was really in agony watching my mom suffer. Sometimes it was good for me to get outside.

Now, in the other situation I find myself in with my husband, it is a bit different. We travel to Mayo Clinic a lot. I have one sister that tells us to get a really nice meal and then she sends me the money for it on PayPal. That is super helpful in this situation.

It is very kind of you to want to help