Introduction/NYC LBDcaregivers?

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

I'm relatively new to this group....I only found it a few weeks before my dad

passed away (which was Feb 7th). At times I get panicky because I feel I found

this group too late. I feel like there is so much advice and support here that

we (my family and esp my dad) could have used when he was still here. I feel

like we made a lot of mistakes along the way and in the end it's not something

we can go back and fix.

But then there are times I feel okay because reading all the advice and support

you all give each other, makes me feel comforted to know that my dad and our

family weren't alone in this terrible disease. I know I'm not explaining myself

very well, and I've been waiting to post until I came up with the right words.

However, all in all, I'm not really handling my father's passing that well, and

tonight is a bad night (most nights are bad...I guess because there's less

distractions around). I feel like I didn't do enough to help him, and I wasn't

there enough for him. He was in a nursing home and I wish so bad that we would

have been able to figure out a way that we didn't have to send him there because

in the end, I believe that contributed to his rapid decline. Right now we are

in the process of having a lawyer look at his medical records and see if we have

a case against the nursing home..so I may need some help from you guys in the

near future.

Right now I'm wondering if there are any groups that meet up in New York City?

I think I've seen some people mention that they meet up in other cities...so I

was just wondering about here. Even though I have never posted before, and I

only recently found this group, (and my dad is not here), I still feel a

connection with you all, and if anyone meets up in this area, I would love to

join you one of these times.

Also, thanks for reading because again, I know I'm not explaining myself very

well right now...

Arlinda