hello all and happy new year!
i have been lurking in here for sometime and posted a couple of times but i wanted to do a "formal" introduction of myself. i feel ready now so i do it.
i live in Greece, i am 36 and take care of my mother who is 80.
i am an adopted child and just recently found my biological family. i have 9 more brothers and sisters. this came as a great relief for me because i now know my roots and especially my sisters are so loving and tender towards me. i really need that now because my mother has vascular dementia and there are times i feel i am alone and if she dies i will at least have my sisters. we leave around 500km away, so it's not that we are so close but they visit and i visit too.
i also have uncles, aunts and cousins from my adoptee family and i have very good relations with them, but i feel my sisters and nieces who are around my own age, would be able to support me much more.
my mother's dementia is not diagnosed because my mother denied the scans needed and i didn't want to pressure her. but it seems to be vascular as she has thin blood (deficiency in folic acid, B12)
the condition started maybe 5 or more years ago with her losing things. it was not that bad but it became worst. as i was totally irresponsible it took me a long time to take her to the doctor. she is on meds for 2-3 years now. lately she is in a very good condition she cooks and wash the dishes, she goes to church alone, and for some shopping.
her short term memory is slightly declining and i observe that even long term memory is sometimes affected.
i feel safe now that I found TP. i see so much support and kindness in here that my eyes are usually full of tears.
i feel i am in the beginning and pray that i won't have to go through all these that i read in here. but i don't know what the future will bring...
i don't feel capable of supporting people who are experiencing such bad situations because i don't know what to tell them.
but i am here too... to take and give whatever i can... sometimes just a friendly ear... but i am here.
i adore your everyday efforts and struggles...
thank you for existing...
i have been lurking in here for sometime and posted a couple of times but i wanted to do a "formal" introduction of myself. i feel ready now so i do it.
i live in Greece, i am 36 and take care of my mother who is 80.
i am an adopted child and just recently found my biological family. i have 9 more brothers and sisters. this came as a great relief for me because i now know my roots and especially my sisters are so loving and tender towards me. i really need that now because my mother has vascular dementia and there are times i feel i am alone and if she dies i will at least have my sisters. we leave around 500km away, so it's not that we are so close but they visit and i visit too.
i also have uncles, aunts and cousins from my adoptee family and i have very good relations with them, but i feel my sisters and nieces who are around my own age, would be able to support me much more.
my mother's dementia is not diagnosed because my mother denied the scans needed and i didn't want to pressure her. but it seems to be vascular as she has thin blood (deficiency in folic acid, B12)
the condition started maybe 5 or more years ago with her losing things. it was not that bad but it became worst. as i was totally irresponsible it took me a long time to take her to the doctor. she is on meds for 2-3 years now. lately she is in a very good condition she cooks and wash the dishes, she goes to church alone, and for some shopping.
her short term memory is slightly declining and i observe that even long term memory is sometimes affected.
i feel safe now that I found TP. i see so much support and kindness in here that my eyes are usually full of tears.
i feel i am in the beginning and pray that i won't have to go through all these that i read in here. but i don't know what the future will bring...
i don't feel capable of supporting people who are experiencing such bad situations because i don't know what to tell them.
but i am here too... to take and give whatever i can... sometimes just a friendly ear... but i am here.
i adore your everyday efforts and struggles...
thank you for existing...
