Life on hold

Since the Curmudgeon’s MS went into secondary progressive I feel as though my life has been put on hold.

I seldom do things just for me these days. Everything is done with serious consideration to how long it takes, how upset it will make him, and is it safe to be away for any longer than an hour or two.

This means I haven’t been to conference in a few years.

I am behind, so far behind, in cleaning because running the vacuum, the paper shredder, and doing anything out of his sight causes him to complain or interrupt me numerous times with idiot things he wants to tell me about a program or commercial on the damned TV.

I am frustrated, tired, and my allergies are going insane from all the freaking dust. The need for a good house cleaning has gone into the OMG I’ll never get caught up zone.

I haven’t slept in my bed for the last two years plus. Nope, I sleep on the couch so I’ll hear him when he falls again.

Yep, my life is on hold. Maybe one day I’ll live again.

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Posted on February 11, 2018, in My blog. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.

  1. Sorry to hear things are getting more difficult. I haven’t read your blog in awhile. Can you get any extra help? Do you qualify for any respite care through social services?

    • I can get extra help if I can afford it, which I can’t. Social services around here is a joke and we make ‘just enough $$’ that we don’t qualify for much. Of course they never take into account what we have to spend on medications for both of us and having to hire someone to shovel snow or mow the grass, and all the other expenses, etc etc. It sucks.

      • Ugh! I hate that. Same issue with my MIL. Fortunately she has money saved from the sale of her house (when she moved in with us) to use for caregivers. But it is so expensive that it’s not going to pay for many years. We are just hoping that it improves the quality of her life. We are so burnt out- but at least there are two of us. I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to be the lone caregiver.m best wishes to you- take care of yourself!

      • 😉 We don’t even have kids to move in with so screwed all the way around. LOL

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