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[quote=Anonymous]I've been my mom's parent for as long as I can remember. She's now elderly, has several chronic diseases, my siblings and I support her financially. I don't mind doing things that she is unable to do for herself such as appeal an insurance claim, check and print her labs and messages from her doctor from the portal, do her taxes, etc. However,  there's a lot she can take care of like call the doctor's office to make her appointments, send a text or email to my sister to ask her what dates work for her so I know what dates to buy the airline tickets, tell her doctor to send the prescription to the mail order pharmacy so I don't have to go and pick them up.  She asks her doctor to send the prescription to CVS and tells me "don't worry about it, I'll take a cab." After she takes a cab, she tells how broke she is because she's had to take a cab several times in a week. The college student who babysits for me sometimes gives my mom a ride to the mall or to a friend's house, which I pay. It helps me so I don't mind paying for that but she waits for me to contact the babysitter, she won't do that herself.  When we are around family and friends, she goes on and "oh my children are so wonderful and caring, they insist on doing everything." I'm completely worn out physically and emotionally.  The emotional part is tough because she likes to remind me that when we were young, her full attention was to her children and that she feels sorry for my children because with my work and taking care of grandma, there's a lot according to my mom, that I'm not doing for my children. [/quote]

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