My mother is in the hospital, having fluid removed from her right lung through a drain. Today, a resident will be putting talc in there to build up some scar tissue and help prevent fluid from building up again. The fluid makes it hard to breathe. The talc is going to hurt.
I can barely remember how to feed myself most days, so I am worried that I won't be able to provide my mother with nutrition if she stays with me while she is in Seattle. So she will be staying with friends she met this year. They are a stable family, both parents middle-aged but retired. The husband had cancer once. I feel inadequate.
That's all.
I can barely remember how to feed myself most days, so I am worried that I won't be able to provide my mother with nutrition if she stays with me while she is in Seattle. So she will be staying with friends she met this year. They are a stable family, both parents middle-aged but retired. The husband had cancer once. I feel inadequate.
That's all.
I'm so very sorry about your mother. If it helps at all, someone who has been like a second mother to me has just found out she has multiple sclerosis; I know there's a huge difference between the two (issues), and that the situations are developing differently, but nonetheless, once a problem arises, it puts everything into a new perspective. I cannot say I understand/know how you feel, because I'm not you; I will say you're not completely alone when dealing with a dire issue like that. The MS isn't bad at all, but for the future..who knows. We're all putting our complete faith into what science/medical research has done so far, and what it can do to treat the disease for as long as possible, and keep it from taking over her life.
You may feel inadequate, but atleast there are still some decent people out there who are willing to help take care of her; it sounds like she'd be in great care. As for the present, I can only hope things go well, and as they're supposed to, and that you both stay strong as best as you can. The pain will go away someday, though it's impossible to say when. I'm here if you need to talk.