What is Caregivers
A voluntary caregiver is the modern terminology for an unpaid spouse, relative, friend or neighbor of a disabled person or child who assists with activities of daily living and ass...
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Hi everybody,
This is a new group for me. I am engaged to a man with MS- PPMS, to be exact. I'm trying to get as much info as I can *now* so I'll know what to expect and how to prepare myself both inside and out. ***Is there anything that anyone could share----- what do you wish that you had known ahead of time? What have you learned? What helps with balancing it all?*** His legs are wobbly, and there is probably a wheelchair in the future. It sounds like MS sometimes means being bed-ridden. It can have an effect on cognition and the emotions too, and he is a Scorpio- mostly gentle, but firey when firey! He is apparently guaranteed to decline- how far, nobody knows. He is currently a part time art/photog professor at a college, and loves to farm his land for fun. He's 59, I'm 47. Thank you so, so much for giving care to me too! This is scary. And he's wonderful. Cecilia : ) Posted on 11/04/09, 07:11 am |
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Oh good! I'm not the only one who is going thru this and being a pre-cargiver. I also am new and looking for info. You are right...this is going to be a challenge. i pray we both can be of help to each other as well as receive help from others here.
My name is Shari, nice to meet you Cecilia. :o) 
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Shari! I'd love to! It will be great to be able to face this together. Thanks for speaking up. : )
What is your story? Cecilia
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