Manderley wrote: I don't know what to do.
My dad is in the hospital and it's bad. There is a big "chance" that it's another cancer. How long will he stay there, will he ever come back ? I don't know. I have to look after my mother, and it's not going well. At all. I can't stay with her 24/7 and I may have to put her somewhere where she will have the attention she needs. I also am very angry with her because it's because of her that my dad is at the end of his rope, exhausted.
I don't know what to do. I feel so alone to deal with everything... What do I begin with ? How do you deal with the perspective of losing one parent when the other can't look after herself ? Please, if you have any idea, advice, clue or anything at all, I am open to it...
I do, yes.
Meant in the nicest possible way, ask your Doctor for referral for a therapist.
There is no shame in it, I seem to have spent half the last 18 months doing this....and I certainly haven't been the only one.
There are folks out there trained to deal with this and to listen.
