Comments on: Staying Alive http://singleforareason.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/caregiving/ A Blob, I mean Blog, for Choosy People Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:08:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: w1kkp http://singleforareason.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/caregiving/#comment-2705 w1kkp Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:27:57 +0000 http://singleforareason.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-2705 Nursemyra, You have company being torn about whether to expose or protect. I wanted to look away, but couldn't. My fear of the future came into being during this time of caregiving and it has never left me, in fact, only worsened the older I get!! I think the young are really not affected by "facts" and "statistics" only by personal experience. And, when that loved one does go down those dire unimaginable roads, it changes everything and one's fears begin to include strange territory. Thanks for commenting! Nursemyra, You have company being torn about whether to expose or protect. I wanted to look away, but couldn’t. My fear of the future came into being during this time of caregiving and it has never left me, in fact, only worsened the older I get!! I think the young are really not affected by “facts” and “statistics” only by personal experience. And, when that loved one does go down those dire unimaginable roads, it changes everything and one’s fears begin to include strange territory. Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: nursemyra http://singleforareason.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/caregiving/#comment-2700 nursemyra Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:08:01 +0000 http://singleforareason.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-2700 a subject close to my heart too as i work with geriatric patients. I love my job and look forward to going to work every day because both the patients and the staff I work with are so appreciative and stimulating. but it has made me fear for the future in a way that I had never anticipated ten years ago before i took this job. Ignorance truly is bliss. I'm torn between thinking everyone should be exposed to the realities of old age and wanting to protect people from how dire that reality can be. a subject close to my heart too as i work with geriatric patients. I love my job and look forward to going to work every day because both the patients and the staff I work with are so appreciative and stimulating.

but it has made me fear for the future in a way that I had never anticipated ten years ago before i took this job. Ignorance truly is bliss. I’m torn between thinking everyone should be exposed to the realities of old age and wanting to protect people from how dire that reality can be.

]]> By: w1kkp http://singleforareason.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/caregiving/#comment-88 w1kkp Tue, 06 May 2008 22:11:52 +0000 http://singleforareason.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-88 Thank you, Carol, for taking the time to comment. I see by your book title that you are familiar with this territory. I had thought of writing a book but then realized that I'd have to make it in the shape of a life preserver and figured no publisher would go for that! Again, thanks. Thank you, Carol, for taking the time to comment. I see by your book title that you are familiar with this territory. I had thought of writing a book but then realized that I’d have to make it in the shape of a life preserver and figured no publisher would go for that!

Again, thanks.

]]> By: caroldodell http://singleforareason.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/caregiving/#comment-82 caroldodell Tue, 06 May 2008 02:47:15 +0000 http://singleforareason.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-82 Your visual art is stunning. It's amazing what a picture can say. I see and feel your exhaustion, your heartbreak. I heard an NPR show on the book, 'Slow Medicine" and I do agree that we need to get back to not sustaining life by such artificial means. We don't let people die any more, but their quality (and our quality) of life is a "slow death." I hope you can heal. ~Carol D. O'Dell Author Mothering Mother: A Daughter's Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir www.mothering-mother.com Your visual art is stunning. It’s amazing what a picture can say. I see and feel your exhaustion, your heartbreak.
I heard an NPR show on the book, ‘Slow Medicine” and I do agree that we need to get back to not sustaining life by such artificial means. We don’t let people die any more, but their quality (and our quality) of life is a “slow death.”

I hope you can heal.

~Carol D. O’Dell
Author Mothering Mother: A Daughter’s Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir
http://www.mothering-mother.com

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