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Thanks for sharing and sorry to hear that. My mom was only 56 (2004) and I got a call from the hospice very early in the morning. At her request, I had tried
by latchkey 3y ago
Thanks for sharing and sorry to hear that.
My mom was only 56 (2004) and I got a call from the hospice very early in the morning.
At her request, I had tried to take care of her myself for the couple weeks after her diagnosis, but once the hallucinations started, due to her increasing the pain meds, she started screaming one night and the neighbors called the police thinking I was abusing her.
Thankfully, they called a case worker and I was able to get her into hospice pretty shortly after that and then it was just a couple days more at that point.
It was pretty traumatic. One of those life events you never forget. RIP mom.
- Scubabear68 3y agoMy family tried home care in the terminal stage, but it was too much for my mom and sister. My mom also had some serious mental illnesses, compounding the difficulty we had as a family. The trauma was so great I did not really hit a normal state of emotional and mental stability until I was about 30. I was the only one there as he took his last breath, and it still brings tears when I think about it.
- arisAlexis 3y agoHave you gotten therapy for that trauma?
- latchkey 3y agoI have. One thing one of the therapists told me was that it is ok to be angry at her for the abuse I took from her growing up, due to her mental illnesses. That worked wonders. Once you get past anger, it is pretty much all downhill from there.