Hi Steve,

Glad to her your brother is OK. My husband is at that age where he is running to the can more frequently too.

Now that I am in the senior category, I find I have to rely less and less on my husband for help. He too is having aging problems, and, has spent most of his adult years caring for a cranky old broad with PD. I find myself worrying about him more and more. He had his gall bladder taken out a while back. His eating habits are nasty; his family hails from Scandinavia and he likes no vegetables and eats lots of take out. I'm in a position of having to accept it. Nagging only makes him dig his heels in deeper.

So now I have turned from caretakee to caretaker. I sometimes take it personnaly that he would rather eat fatty high cholesteral and sleep alot than eat healthy foods and walk. He has been such a good husband and deserves to choose how he wants to go.

My life may have been limited, but it looks like I will outlive my carepartner. I can't help but feel a little jealous that he can choose the options to pursue to have good health, but understand that living with me can be tiresome.


Vicky