Hello all

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By hal

Re: Hello all
Thu 4 Feb 2010 17:46

Hello Tracey

A warm welcome to you and am glad that you found this site.
There are plenty of people on here of all ages who are able to offer you good help and advice.
I am so sorry that the burden of looking after your mum has fallen on your shoulders. It seems like your 2 sisters just want to get on with their lives and leave all the worrying of your mum to you.
Please pop into the chatroom, usually somebody in there after 10pm in the evening or from 2.30pm in the afternoon through the week when I am there. If you want to pop in at another time then tell me on here and I will try and get in if I am not busy elsewhere.
There are many good people on here who are able to offer you good advice and we generally end up having a good laugh in the evenings. Some days I have felt sad when coming on but will end up very cheerful after a short time of chatting with others.

Good to meet you

Hal

By woodstock

Re: Hello all
Thu 4 Feb 2010 18:02

Hi & welcome. Its normal Peachy - one takes up the caring role and the others run for cover!!!! Before long they'll reappear to tell you where you are going wrong too!!
I care for my grown up sons who are Autistic and my husband who is Paraplegic!
Like Hal says - try pooping into the chatroom or popping even!!! lol
You need Java to get in.

By PeachyMummy

Re: Hello all
Thu 4 Feb 2010 21:22

Thank you for the lovely warm welcome :) x

By suejane

Re: Hello all
Fri 5 Feb 2010 13:55

Hi there and welcome!

By loopy

Re: Hello all
Fri 5 Feb 2010 21:58

hello peachy and welcome. I care for my daughter who is 18 and severely autistic, learning difficulties.

By mama pud

Re: Hello all
Sat 6 Feb 2010 14:09

Hello Peachy -

Good on you for looking after your mum - a warm welcome to you

By mikehudds

Re: Hello all
Sat 6 Feb 2010 14:14

Hi Tracy,

Welcome. I look after my mum and dad.
I can understand a little of what you are going through, my sister, who is actually a couple of years older than me, lives her own life. She doesn't hesitate to tell me I am doing things in the wrong way though.

Take care
Mike

By J Peg

Re: Hello all
Sat 6 Feb 2010 19:51

Hi Tracy - I look after my disabled and elderly parents, both 86, and both have mobility problems. I have a sister and two brothers - they visit my parents but no one else "cares" as such. Advice is freely given like Mikehudds says but help is a strange concept to any of them. Excuse is I haven't got a partner or children ... so I guess my lack of a life doesn't matter. Just remember we are doing a wonderful think ... however tired it makes us!!!

By hal

Re: Hello all
Sun 7 Feb 2010 13:15

People always seem to think that they can do better than you and criticise the way that you are doing things, that is until you put them in the position of taking on the role of looking after somebody then they suddenly realise how difficult the job of caring really is.

By kerry.

Re: Hello all
Sun 7 Feb 2010 16:26

Hello tracey and welcome.
I could've sworn i'd already done this but maybe it was on the other post you put up re housing?
Anyhoo, I'm Kerry, have 5 kids, 2 youngest SLD with Fragile X Syndrome and autism, ADHD, heart murmur, IBS, and both with complex tourettes... Plus a grandson and another grand daughter coming in April.
Nice to 'meet' you through cyber space