Only now am I starting to focus on and compartmentalize my various responsibilities. My father was diagnosed with brain cancer in early October 2009 and since then it has been a whirlwind of tasks and emotions. I realized just last week that I am starting to keep my feelings in check and not feel distraught [...]
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dying,
parent
I started this blog to share my experiences with other caregivers lost in the medical, financial, and legal chaos that ensues from a life-threatening diagnosis. Instead I find an unavoidable urge to vent about the misery that has consumed me. Jonathan Rauch’s article in the Atlantic is like reading a better written summary of my [...]
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Jon Krause,
Jonathan Rauch,
Letting Go
If I am a typical case, the caregiver of a brain cancer patient will have time for nothing. For me, time needs to be split between work, kids, wife, father, personal interests, father’s legal matters, father’s medical matters, and (ours and father’s) bills. I can’t focus on anything because for every task I do, I [...]
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Family,
Human Interest,
Time