You might be a caregiver if...
 

1. Your new hobby is canceling credit cards, writing letters to collection agencies and canceling numerous magazine subscriptions.

2. You spend 1/3 of vacation time backtracking as you look for eyeglasses, purse, hat, gloves and sweaters.

3. You place most of the bills in a folder labeled, "I will think about this tomorrow."

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where's that sale? impulse shopping anyone?
 

i must be a caregiver because i read the whole thing.

i must be one because now that my brother is taking a turn at it i can't stop worrying about how my dad is.

dad got on an independent streak, drove across country, devised a strategy for keeping his hands at 10 and 2 because "it wakes me up when i fall asleep at the wheel because my hands fall in my lap."

when i impulse shop it's for an assisted living center, a nursing home, or an over 55 community i am checking out for my dad, because even though he isn't interested i promised my sister. i tell myself, yah, i won't take him there unless he's unconscious. but i pick up the flyer anyway.

lol this is funny and true
 

This was funny. Most of them apply to me and I did read the whole thing. I am a care giver:D

I just thought of a couple more.

You wait until dark to put out the trash and check the mail because your still in your jammies. If you must go out in the day, you throw on something you hope looks like you don't stay in your jammies all day. :D

You live by the clock. Everything is planned down to the last minute. X amount of time for this, x amount of time for that just to get out of the house or up for company. :p

I identified with everything I read. I'm 78, live alone and have all those thoughts and problems. Wish I had a caregiver, and I know how you all feel, because I've been a caregiver for everyone. Now, my 18 year old cat gets all the benefits. You know, food and water!

What does this say about me???

Not a caregiver..is it cool to contribute anyway?
 

You have your daughter on speed-text anytime you are stressed.(Guys,Mom and Grandmother live together,I live three hours away,and can tell when Mom is going nuts.)

You wish you hadn't gotten rid of Grandma's gun,when you moved in with her..:D:D)

You think coffee ice cream should not be considered junk food,because,that is the only thing she will eat.

If I think of any more..I will contribute,if that's cool! Kristin

Kepp them coming! This is great! Laughter is the best medicine!

you know your a care giver when you take a bag full of sweat shirts, and sweat pants, and socks to the nursing home or rehab center with you when you visit, because you are tired of seeing so many who cannot afford them wearing your loved ones shirts, or pants. (i used to do that when my uncle was committed. it was horrible)

You know your a caregiver when you hang up on brothers or sisters after shouting THEN YOU COME HELP ME, and we will do it YOUR way! Till then, its MY way, or nothing. nothing like helpful advice from 2k miles away.

I know this one very well since I worked in a NH and had loved ones in some. You also know your a caregiver if you use a sharpie to mark every piece of clothing so you can prove that's your loved ones clothes. When you find the sharpie wears off you resort to sewing the name on. :D

You know you're a cargiver if...
when you are making a nutritious meal for them, you feel like you should be setting up meds-when you are setting up meds, you feel like you should be starting their laundry-when youare starting their laundry, you feel like you should be working on the insurance claims, etc. etc. etc.

even though it takes up your whole life, you are still glad you get to do it...

When you eat all of your so called meals standing up...
Your Shower takes 10 mins or less...
When you can drink a cup of Hot coffie in 5 mins or less..:):hug:

might be if
 

your coworkers are scared u will go postal

ROTFL!! :p

Sandy-you bit the nail right on the head..that is exactly how I'm feeling right now.:(:(

The last few weeks,Mom and I have both been struggling with that one.She's taking care of my grandmother,and I'm playing the workaholic card,and trying not to think about my grandmother's situation.

Thanks for letting me post here..This has been very helpful to me..

Kristin

Oh, so good all so true!!

I just know that my life is all about maybe having a bath...hoping he will sleep long and hard...calling out for supper...by the time I have him clean, dressed, leg bag on...and seated in his lift chair with remote in one hand and his Dew in the other...I'm too tired to take a shower or want to do anything else...its 5:30pm...eeck...who has time for a shower when we will go to bed in a few hours and start all over again....:)

Also, for those with catheter care...trying to get enough urine to take for testing because you know something is cooking in his bladder.

I used to love to cook and clean and do all the domestic stuff but now it is really a very hard chore...glad he cares more about me then the super clean house!!

Wouldn't trade it for anything!!:hug:

Read all the way to line 40 before I started bawling.....
Took care of my late wife before she died of cancer at 46, after getting it in her brain and becoming unrecognizable for many months. They did radiation and I got her back for three weeks before the end....
Now I find myself caregiving again. Married another widow who had been a caregiver. I'm a hospice chaplain, recently laid off as people seemed to stop dying or something. My wife just had her second hip replaced, which is no big deal, but she has neuro problems that she won't acknowledge and hasn't worked in 10 years. I just read the MRI report on her spine and I doubt if she will ever work again. I thought there was nothing scarier than cancer, but this is scary. So thanks for the humor. My late wife handled her cancer with humor, and we had a blast before she went mad. She used to say, during chemo: "That which does not kill me will make me throw up."

gershonb

:hug:gershonb :hug: Glad we could make you smile.

you might be a caregiver if
 

you have to be the one who asks the questions on scheduling, prep, who actually writes it down, and then gets cussed out for doing these things instead of thanked. and even more so if you get it that he is just terrified of doctors and hospitals.

you find yourself day dreaming about your 'old' life...

you actually have considered just driving right past your house and not looking back...

you sob your head off at a funeral not only because you are grieving for that person, but it is a great excuse to just cry without your loved one looking at you like you have gone mad...

you never realized you could love someone so much and at the same exact moment almost want to throw them out the window...:eek:

...yeah...it's been one of those kind of weeks:winky:

Love this!
 

This list is dead on. I can relate to most. My loved one is my 16 year old daughter. She is paralyzed due to a genetic disease. She's also a brainiac. Trying to keep her occupied is a challenge, but I wouldn't have her any other way.

I'll add a few:

If you have to think hard to remember when you last showered.

If frozen pizza and grilled cheese on paper plates rule your weekly menu.

If your neighbors think you might be selling drugs due to all of the different helper cars.

If everyone who knows you assumes correctly that you will always run at least a half hour late. ;)

GerC
 

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I read through the complete list & it definitely fits how life is or has changed. I am new at this forum please bear with me