That's OK that you sent this to the list---we can all understand how you
feel, and please know that in having your adult children plan with you you
are doing the right thing, for sure! :-) You have time now to get your
affairs in order--simplify as much as you can, make written record of
WHERE you keep important papers,etc, to help them if they have to act for
you in the future.
It has been said many times on this list and on CARE that it is VERY
important to have a Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Health
Care, where you can specify WHO is to speak for you if you can't, and WHAT
you want them to tell your doctor about your care wishes. This will give
you peace of mind, and will be a blessing for your children! Be glad that
you are being "proactive" in your own behalf and theirs!
If one of you or your family wants to join the CARE list for CGs of PWPs,
let me know.
>Hi Michelle, Well I'am 52 years old. So many things are happening to me. I
>just want to cry, the other day I went to get a bowl from my bottom cabinet
>and I could not get up. I felt so embrassed to ask for help. Trying to take
>one day at a time is hard. My anger is less and less each day. Both my hands
>have a tremor, more my left than right. I do not have a tremor in the evening
>or morning. During the day they are bad. On the good side, I have 5 children,
>my husband has four. They are older so I have no little ones at home. I'am
>thinking ahead of time cause my husband is 66. So he tells me who will take
>care of us later on in the years. Lot of planning and soon family get
>together, to try to solve some problems. Linda
Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 82/70/55
Oxford, Ohio
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