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Glad I so agree with that!
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you hope for care receiver's sudden death from heart attack, stroke, anuerism, dying in sleep anything sudden would be better for all concerned rather than watching the very slow decline from Alzheimer's disease or any other dementia.
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You know you are a caregiver when the UPS man scans your plain brown boxes and remarks "You sure do go through a lot of these"
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Just wanted to share the diapers that I used for Mom. She had Parkinsons and dementia and would not go all day. When she got into bed and finally relaxed, her bladder would let go and she would be wet from head to toe. I tried everything on the market and finally found Wellness Briefs. They are not pullups, but Mom was rarely wet after I found these and they are much cheaper than anything else on the market. You do have to order them online but they constantly have them in sale and offer free shipping. If you are tired of changing the bed every day, try these, they changed my life!
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You get excited that diapers are on sale.
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well you know you are a caregiver,
if you can can find humor in what has to be the hardest job on earth!
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Oh Alison, I so know what you're talking about! Made me laugh. Or, you think you're an easy target because you are a caregiver . . .

And stacylee, you also can order briefs online. I've bought by the case. They're delivered to my door within 2 days (and in plain brown boxes).

You know you're a caregiver if you can't think of much interesting to say, even if you've had the news on for the half the day.
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.......you spend more time on the diaper aisle than you did when you had kids.
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veronica, we took the entire door off her bathroom! that was the good old days when she could actually get to the bathroom.
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You know you're a caregiver… a single, isolated caregiver… when you develop a teenage crush on every workman that comes through the door in the past year. A few months ago, it was the furnace guy. Yesterday, it was the guy who came to work on the door. For a few hours, I am talkative and imagining a "connection." Then they leave and I think to myself, "MAN I need to get out more!" ;-D
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This is, by far, my favorite thread. :)
You know you're a caregiver if........you love and respect, kind,caring,helpful strangers on a web site more than most of your family.
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..if your life is divided into two distinct time periods: Before and After you became a caregiver… night and day, black and white, normal insanity and REAL insanity lol
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… and then find that the door doesn't shut properly...
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You take all the locks off your bathroom doors.
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When all of the OTHER RELITIVES STAY AWAY. BUT CALL TO GIVE YOU THEIR 5 CENTS WORTH ON WHAT ELSE YOU SHOULD BE DOING !!!!!!
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or i'm coming, i'm coming, as she rings her bell over and over and over.
why did it take me so long to get from one room to another? i can barely walk at this point.
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When you have to say "I'm right here" a zillion times a day!!!!
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I would amend "You know you are a caregiver in a dysfunctional family if..."

going to your best friend's funeral and being broadsided by a young idiot on the way home was better than returning home to the crazy voice mails

your sis accuses you of "having a vested interest in your mother's demise" and you just sigh, and think - "life as usual"

your mother says that if something dreadful happens to her because you won't go and see her NOW it will be on your shoulders, and you answer "Sure - absolutely" and hang up with no guilt...
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You know if your loved one had a BM today
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cher, no problem. i find myself making mistakes on my computer that i thought only teenagers make. as least i haven't typed then, instead of than...yet.

gladimhere: she often gets annoyed with me when i try to put a blanket on her. such as when i get her in her chair for breakfast. i put a blanket on her, BEFORE she gets cold. i am not sure what the upshot is to waiting until she is cold to give her a blanket. i would rather she not get cold at all, (she is terribly whiny if she gets cold.)
but putting a blanket on her when *I* am cold is just part of my neurosis she will just have to learn to deal with, lol. my children survived it, so can she;)
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You've made a date with a guy then crap yourself as you may have to take him home to your mums?
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Cheri, it happens... welcome....and thanks for coming back.... this site is a life saver....

.... when you cause a big scene with the family to get her meds regulated... then hate yourself because you liked her better overmedicated...
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Jessie, or you think the phone book will help keep the floor from bouncing.

she must be a strong one that she would be able to do that!
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Trying to help the person you care for straighten out their checkbook and you lose the paperwork!
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Graciously put, cheri x
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Total misunderstanding, when I got this in my email I thought it was directed to me personally. Since my messages are voice activated any mistake is possible. Apologies to DaredToCare, my first time on this site.
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...you start wondering who is crazier -- her or you.
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...you ask your mother why she put a phone book under the leg of her bed and she says "to keep the floor from bouncing," and all you think is "well, okay." At least it doesn't do any harm.
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Cheri, DaredtoCare was correcting herself. Your you're was right. :)
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So sorry I'm not perfect like the rest of you...sure don't need a personal message about being somebody's "pet peeve"!
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