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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question: If you got married but then your spouse got ill with an incurable disease....is it understandable to leave that spouse in any capacity?

I do not want to judge because I have never had to deal with this myself but something that happened to a family member.

Basically you are in a lifetime sentence of caretaking and never being able to fully live out YOUR own life or the LIFE you imagine with a healthy spouse.

Any thoughts?[/quote]

Dr. Laura has spoken about this at great length. If it's a lifetime sentence, [b]she highly advocates hiring in help.[/b] And for Alzheimers issues, she feels it's MORE dangerous to have that person at home with you.

I don't have a long-term situation but I am always caretaking something ALL THE TIME and feel my family uses me to make their lives easier - and I've let myself be used. 20 years later, I am so burned out from it that I'm getting depressed, angry and anxious.  It's just not healthy to allow yourself to be used.[/quote]

How convenient.  That's her recommendation, huh?  Wow, that's helpful.  Does she recommend I hire someone to mow the lawn and take care of everything else too?  Not everyone can hire that kind of help.  I did hire in-home nursing but they will only do so much and it's not cheap.[/quote]

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