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The Supremes
As I was traveling the not-so-friendly sky's
earlier this week, winging my way to our 63rd Fearless
Caregiver conference (and the fourth to be held in Connecticut),
I enjoyed one of the few pleasures available to me as a traveler
these days - reading a multitude of newspapers. Over the years,
I have taken to reading a wide variety of newspapers available
in airport newsstands. This becomes quite interesting on trips
with multiple layovers. I tend to clip the most interesting
stories from the Des Moines Register, the Charlotte Observer,
The Kodiak Daily Mirror, the New Haven Register, or whatever
paper is available in my stopover cities. Not to mention the New
York Times, Wall Street Journal and the USA Today.
This past Tuesday, it was an article in The
USA Today that caught my attention. It was about former Supreme
Court Justice Sandra Day O'Conner and her husband John, who is
living with Alzheimer's disease. Justice O'Conner resigned from
the bench a few years ago to take care of John as his condition
worsened. In yet another example of her dedication, the
article told the story of her acceptance of John's new romance
with a fellow resident at an Alzheimer's care facility. I know
this story well as late in the last century, my grandfather
who was also living with Alzheimer's and fiercely dedicated to
my grandmother, lost the memories of his old life and began a
relationship with a lovely lady in his adult day care center. At
first, this was a shock to my mother as well as Gramps new
beau's adult daughter, but soon they and the rest of the family
began to appreciate this new and unconventional relationship
which as with Mr. O'Conner, seemed was good medicine for both of
the lovebirds.
I don't know about you, but Justice O'Conner
is still pretty darn supreme to me.
Take care
Gary Barg
Editor-in-Chief
gary@caregiver.com
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Carenotes |
I was a caregiver for an adult brother with
Progressive MS for 16 years and both parents with
terminal cancer in their home. My total focus on
continuous primary, daily family care giving was 20
years. My life was completely wrapped around caring
for others while I worked to keep my own existence
going very much second.
Four years have passed since I lost my last primary
family member and I am still working hard to deal
with serious issues and finding little real help and
support: loss of purpose, loss of my identity beyond
being just a care giver, and having a difficult time
coping with this change in my lifestyle and
understanding where to start on thinking about
myself first for a change. I try to out think the
depression, but progress is slow, if any.
Once you stop being a long-term care giver and have
lost much of your social network during those care
giving years, the loneliness can be devastating.
It's very hard to explain to others who have not
lived this experience. After awhile you realize you
are very alone with your experience.
I want to move on, however, I no longer see life
from such a naive viewpoint. It's hard to get
excited about the material culture that seems to
drive our world. Sometimes trying counseling can
result in a very shallow experience and advice from
someone who has obviously never been in this
experience. I don't want to dwell on this in a
long-term support group that keeps raking up old
feelings. I want to find a way to feel more linked
to the world, rebuild a social network and help my
life move on.
Perhaps I am the only person who is experiencing
this phenomenon, but I don't think so. Where can
people who have dedicated their lives to caring for
very ill family members go to read, be inspired, or
rethink, or regroup their lives after the loss of
their loved one(s)?
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