Caregiving's Hidden Benefits +

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, you've been through much. In hearing you, I'm wondering if you are able

to have anyone else at all--even for two hours--alleviate some of the burden for

you.

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> good notion that caregiving is healthy but i don't buy it.  i do believe that

it is the morally correct thing to do.  i am a 61 year old caregiver.  i  am

having more accidents than i normally would:  fell 2 feet off a ladder ( almost

cracking my hip),  got cactus juice in my eye ( got infected),  i have to take

antidepressents now,  my stomach is producing acid all the time ( dr. said take

another pill every day), i don't sleep so well, mind is always multi-tasking (

very tiring mentally), i take a tranquilizer every now and then,  etc.  i

would just bet that there are more like me out there.      gary

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