> As your mother is not taking any medications at this time,
> protein won't

It isn't my Mother (56), it's my Grandmother (83). My mom is taking care of Grandma (her mother) but since she is partially handicapped due to a car wreck back in 1988, Mom depends on me to help her with some decisions. I guess things have kind of spilled over to my generation. I had mentally prepared myself for taking care of my Mom (especially after Dad died in 1994) but I'm in kind of shock about adding my Grandma to the list.

On the side, I feel so guilty for resenting my Mom & Grandma. I've got a husband, 3 kids & a full-time career but I also feel responsible for their health and well-being and sometimes I really resent it because their needs cross over into my life and it is slowly but surely altering mine and my family's lives. I guess I'm lucky really, my husband says that when the time comes, we'll just have to get a place where we can put Mom & Grandma in their own place. Us in a place and his mom in a place (his mom recently had a mild stroke), So that we can be there for all of them.

Sorry to be so whiney.