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eudemonismSenior Contributor
I've been through some major highs and lows since i recieved my diagnosis. And by highs and lows i mean stages of good and bad health. Stages of working and unemployment. Bouts of depression and anxiety on a daily basis....I've had all sorts of stuff going on basically.
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MeowmySenior Contributor
@eudemonism Hey, hope your sleep can be restful. Hope you can work out things as you desire and feel good about that. It’s frightening may be for me that it looks like I will be single for life. Caring for elderly mother is struggle , even more to imagine when she will be gone. Then I will have no one in real life and nowhere to live. Anyhow I struggle on day after day. Still here as we speak.lol Take care.
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eudemonismSenior Contributor
@Meowmy
How old are you? And how old is your mother?
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
I will look into urge surfing ... seems like a good idea ...
@eudemonism @MDT @Meowmy
Nothing we could do would change this fellow ... but I thought it worth sharing ... in some ways I like him ... but he irritates others ... rather than focussing on ourselves as problems ... realise that perception varies so much among people.
Going out tonight to a catch up after a writing group I was in last month.
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MeowmySenior Contributor
@eudemonism I am fifty. My mother is eighty three. Like you, I am very isolated.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
my darling @Meowmy , I am 55 and my frial mum is 88, and does not want to leave the house -- I am doing everything xxxx
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eudemonismSenior Contributor
@Meowmy yea aging parents, aging ourselves, health issues, issues in general it's very daunting .
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MeowmySenior Contributor
@Shaz51 you are amazing lady. It's good that you have Mr Shaz
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MeowmySenior Contributor
@eudemonism I just had quick meal. Now resting. I am like you spend a lot of time alone with thoughts. Hope you have a good evening. Take care.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
@Meowmy my friend xoxo
It is good that mr shaz has me 
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MeowmySenior Contributor
@Shaz51 he is a very lucky man.
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