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Me too! Either that, or its early onset dementia! Oh Shit! He is currently looking for the car keys, that he only loses 4 × a day!!! How can anyone be so absent-minded? He's always been like this, so I hope to God it isn't dementia, but crap, that would just be my luck!
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I'm ready for Kick Care Receiver Butt day at any time. My mother has been on her worst behavior. I've been accused of taking over too much because I cleaned the TV table and called a lawn maintenance company. She was so mad. It is HER house and not mine. And she's mad because I'm not preparing a feast for my brother coming into town. She said I'm head of the house now. I told her that no, I can't be, because it is HER house.

She has been chewing my leg all day. Tonight I ask her if she realizes how much I do for her. She said I was supposed to, and that women are supposed to do things for the men when they come in.

No point in trying to reason with it. It's hard to wear all the hats in a house and hear nothing but criticism from a bitter person. I am so grateful that the preacher talked about eternal life today. I stop and think about how h3llish the last 6.5 years have been, but then realize it is just a speck of time. As much as many people hear adore and miss their mother, I feel a bit ashamed that I ask God to please not let my mother be waiting for me on the other side. ACK! AUGH! Let me up. I've had enough. Choke.
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Oh....wow...so many things going on with everyone....I spent an entirely lovely 2 hours at a lively ( meant to say lovely, but it was both) visitation for my dear departed neighbor, J....
Wonderful poster boards all around the room, detailing his life in photos and newsprint.....YESSS....this guy, at 6' 4" was a friggin' "submariner" ...2x....including Korean War....and featured in newspapers
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Sorry....hmmm....huge, huge breath....what can I say? It was a lovely crowd....In thoughtful moments: My sweet neighbor was embarrassed to tell me that her beautiful nurse daughter died of AIDS.....jeez....I just told her....sweetie, my beautiful husband died at 24 from a pulmonary embolism.....we have both been crushed....but we go on...got to....
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I taught submariners at Kings Bay. They were such a stoic lot. I learned how they had to go through such rigorous psychological testing to make sure they could handle the stresses that come with being on a submarine. I know I would personally panic if I was stuck on the bottom of the ocean with a failing engine. Submariners are a special breed of people. They would probably be caregiver extraordinaires with their calmness.
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I have just read about 25 posts in this thread, I got way behind! And I come here daily, couple of times.
Any way! !,
We all start a new week and hopefully we will survive it!
Yes, we will.
I liked the idea of the songs........ makes sense! Fits just right.

My only cousin said in yesterday's email that she has been in a lot of pain and that we need to Skype Tuesday. She has "something to tell me". Making me a bit edgy. I think it is bad news about her health.
Deep breath.
M88
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Stacey and Gershun....My husband is loosing his mind too and looses anything he touches.I was always so grateful that my Mom didn't have alzeimers and had her mind because God knows how short my temper can be and I don't think I'd have handled it very well.My husband is 10 years older than me and it's a worry for sure.
Mulata,I hope you don't receive bad news.
My whine today is that I look like Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.I just washed my face like always and all the skin just came off my nose...What the heck??????
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Luckylu, have you been suffering with a cold or allergies? Has your nose been chapped, or have you been using a Vit A type product on your face, as these can be quite irritating to the face. My skin is so sensitive to products. Sorry about your nose, and your absent-minded husband! Can't live with them can't shoot um!
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Well I can top you all with hubbies.
I am married to my FIL!!!!!!!!!!
My SIL confirmed that as she says she is too.
Child, demented, self centered, all the above but to me he is the centre of my world as I am of his.
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I am with you Jessie. I can manage the MRI machine if I close my eyes but a submarine no way.
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New quote I must get on Tshirt from friend whose unemployed husband is caregiver to her very unpleasant mother.
"Adulting Sucks".
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HOW TO kick butt: Cater any events at the care receiver's expense, make them look really good, give them the bill when everyone has left, then run and hide?
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Hahahaha, yes, have THEM believe they organized, arranged and orchestrated THE EVENT..........that it was absolutely awesome, especially when "Cirque-du-Soleil" came and did their presentation.
ahhh, the Hors D'oeuvres were magnificent! All that EXPENSIVE champagne, my goodness, they are so so so generous and giving a "happy care giver day", you are just beside yourself.
Just cannot think of how to RETURN the FAVOR!!!

hahahahahahaha
(it really happened, they just forgot)............................... ; ^)

M88
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We're doing a thing tomorrow at lunch. First there were 4 of us. Then I added on another brother. He is going to ask his family members. Then my mother said we were going to have to invite SIL and her family. So tomorrow we're going to have between 5-15 people. Who knows how many. I have to get the food. But how much bbq do you get for 5-15 people? Maybe I'll have a better grasp on the number tomorrow before I go get the food. How did something so easy turn into something so complicated and stressful? Mom just can't stand it if brother comes home and she doesn't slay the fatted calf and invite everyone.
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BTW, she is footing the bill. If there are 15 people it is going to be substantial. Barbecue and baby back ribs with sides. I'm getting hungry just thinking of it.
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Another weird thing today. My mother has been talking about water coming in from my neighbor's yard. Today she was outside and walked between the houses. She said it was an absolute mud puddle. I looked and it was bone dry. :-/ When she came in the house later, she said she had to take her shoes off because they were drenched and had even gotten her socks wet. I checked her shoes when she was out of the room. Dry. :-/

Do weeeee ooooo. Welcome to the twilight zone. She said she wants to cut down our big crepe myrtle so the ground under it will dry. I just planted Begonia and Coleus under it because it gave shade. I asked her please don't call anyone to cut it. I am not in the real world. Beam me up, Scottie.
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Jessie ...wow...you taught submariners....and Veronica, Granted, I'm claustrophobic anyway (always need the aisle seat when flying) but...I've toured subs and jeez....they were above-ground....cannot even imagine being underwater in one of those....let alone being 6'4"....
Very nice that 2 young guys who were reading the same newspaper story about J as a submariner told me, when I questioned how he, at his height, could stand to be in such a cramped space (yet alone, undersea) told me, "Oh, J said, "Very simple....I met my Commanding Officer and I had to look UP at him...he was even taller than me!"....lol...
Such a great guy....I really miss him....
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Stacey, I think about that all the time, but his a$$ will be AL!
I can't stand him when he is sick because he is such a baby and whines about how I couldn't possibly understand the pain he is in! Really!!! Does he live with me? The last 5 years where has he been?
Any way I couldn't imagine him with dementia! Yikes!
Two of my nieces have already told me that they would care for me if I needed it, but my hope is that I just go quickly quietly in my sleep at a respectable age before I need help. Isn't that what everyone wants?
Boy morbid post, lol. I saw the almost full moon out there.
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I'm with you on that Shar. Quick and painless, in my sleep. Maybe while Tom Hardy is massaging my back. He is my new celebrity crush. LOL
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Having problems with grandbaby's mama. Because stupid demented son walked away from her and treated her like absolute crap, I have had to cultivate a relationship with her to see grandbaby's. She is a really good girl and he was a total jerk to her and I have always been a support to her emotionally and any way I can with babysitting, but last month I had to re ig because Mom got sick. Well she got pissed and has been ignoring my calls and texts. Breaks our hearts not to see her and the baby. i apologized but there was nothing I could do.
Any way she finally started responding to me today so hopefully we will see her this week.
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Went in this morning to find mom wide awake, lying on her back with all the covers thrown back. This is a woman who seemingly can't re-position herself at all, so I know it must have been a struggle to turn and completely divest herself of the blankets right down to her toes. I asked What's going on mom? and she says, in a loud clear voice, not her usual tremulous whisper, I was trying to get away.
Why is it she can call and call incessantly when she doesn't need anything, but she didn't call at all when she really needed help? (Mind you, if she had I might have ignored her, but she didn't) At least she wasn't able to get to the edge of the bed or I might have found her on the floor.

There is a poster on here whose mom is in terrible pain from prolonged illness and a recent fall and broken bones. The family is in disagreement about keeping her doped up on morphine and dilaudin (sic). I refrained from commenting to her post because my initial response would be they haven't given her nearly enough yet :(
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This is a minor issue compared to what some people deal with but I went into mom's apartment yesterday and noticed a distinct odor. I discovered that she'd misplaced all of her toilet paper. I found the toilet paper stuffed between the wall and the couch! Anyway, she was using paper towels and piling them up in the waste basket. So that was the odor. I cleaned up the bathroom and took the trash out. Yuck. At least her apartment is attached to our house so she doesn't live completely alone. I'd hate to think what it would be like if she was left alone for more than a day.
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marsalis, it is one of those twilight zone moments. Funny how we come to just accept things and no longer wonder why it happens. My mother also has a bathroom waste can that she puts stuff in. It is not pleasant, and I don't know why she puts some of the toilet paper in there. I'm glad she doesn't just toss it on the floor -- something she is bad to do with other trash.

It sounds like the tissue was still on the rolls. That's a good thing. I wonder if she was trying to fill the gap between the sofa and wall for some reason. Sometimes my mother stuffs blankets in spaces. I've wondered if it is to keep imaginary drafts and evil spirits penned in.
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cwillie, that is kind of scary. I wonder what she was trying to get away from. I'm glad she didn't make it out of the bed. I worry so much about them falling in the night.
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JessieBelle-
Thanks for the comments! Maybe mom was trying to hide the toilet paper. She hides random things because the thinks people are stealing them. No matter how many times I tell her that no one is breaking in to steal the paper towels she still persists in this notion. She also thought that someone broke in and left a teapot on her stove. LOL.
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At least she knows what is really important in life -- toilet paper and paper towels. :)
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Jessie at least Mom uses the toilet paper. Maybe she thinks if she does not flush the TP she may think the drains won't block.
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I've thought of that, Veronica. We did have backup when we were using Charmin. The thing is that she will still put a lot of TP in the toilet and not flush it, then put more TP in the can. I don't know why. It's just one of those things she does that doesn't compute in my brain. To her it probably makes perfect sense, but some explanations just twist my mind about. Sometimes it is better not to ask. It doesn't really harm anything... except maybe my nose at times.
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Trying to think and remain positive............. it is hard................ trying to let the little stuff go.... not let it bug me........... trying to remain positive....... letting Cliff do his thing........ I keep telling myself..........
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I gave up on trying to think positive long ago, mostly I just try to get through another day without meltdown.
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