Indeed, Holidays can be stressful times in many families...even without any health considerations!

I am sorry things happened the way they did for your family. There is no 'perfect' solution. But you have to so what is best for you and your nuclear family. If extended family doesn't 'get it', unfortunately it is because they don't choose to.

And while frustrating, it doesn't mean they don't care or love. It is because they are blissfully ignorant of the health challenges many different people face. You know the old, 'Until you've walked in my shoes.....' Well, it is true.

Have Happy Holidays and wonderful New Year anyway! (And venting is one of the ways to make that happen!!)

Sue