Life Change (personal shit)
8 months ago
I don't usually like to share my personal stuff but this must be said incase everyone notices my spotty absences this month (March) with uploading new artwork and stream cancellations.
My mother had over the last two years suffered several strokes which caused her to lose feeling and weakness in about half of her body, and more recently last month she suffered a heart attack, needing to remain in the hospital for about a week before they discharged her. Unfortunately this has made her condition even worse. She needs to be taking expensive medicine for the rest of her life and needs to maintain a stricter diet for her problems (diabetes, blood pressure, stress, etc) but she is unable to do that for herself. Her BF works long hours and sometimes has to leave the home for extended periods of time (days to weeks) to visit sites for his job. My sister who lives with them has her own problems due to head trauma so is unable to help (she aids in stressing out our mother). This leaves no one in the household that can support my mother and I've done the best I can while being away from the home in my own place.
Because of these circumstances, I will have to move back in by the end of the month and help take care of her, cooking her healthy meals (much healthier anyways since she cannot cook she has to buy tv dinners or fast food) and trying to keep her stress levels down. I fear I might trigger another spinal problem (lumbar scoliosis) so it'll have to be very slowly and multiple small trips. Getting movers isn't an option and none of them can help me move the stuff other than driving the car.
So this is just a formal announcement that my streams and uploads this month will be lowered as I, on my own, have to move everything into the apartment they live in.
My mother had over the last two years suffered several strokes which caused her to lose feeling and weakness in about half of her body, and more recently last month she suffered a heart attack, needing to remain in the hospital for about a week before they discharged her. Unfortunately this has made her condition even worse. She needs to be taking expensive medicine for the rest of her life and needs to maintain a stricter diet for her problems (diabetes, blood pressure, stress, etc) but she is unable to do that for herself. Her BF works long hours and sometimes has to leave the home for extended periods of time (days to weeks) to visit sites for his job. My sister who lives with them has her own problems due to head trauma so is unable to help (she aids in stressing out our mother). This leaves no one in the household that can support my mother and I've done the best I can while being away from the home in my own place.
Because of these circumstances, I will have to move back in by the end of the month and help take care of her, cooking her healthy meals (much healthier anyways since she cannot cook she has to buy tv dinners or fast food) and trying to keep her stress levels down. I fear I might trigger another spinal problem (lumbar scoliosis) so it'll have to be very slowly and multiple small trips. Getting movers isn't an option and none of them can help me move the stuff other than driving the car.
So this is just a formal announcement that my streams and uploads this month will be lowered as I, on my own, have to move everything into the apartment they live in.
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You're an extremely good soul for caring for your family in such a way. Take as much time as you need - or can afford - to not only get through this, but keep yourself sane.
I too am caring for an elderly parent that cannot manage himself, so I know exactly what you mean with the cooking stuff. It can be a full time job in of itself some days and it's just him! I wish you all the best with your situation and hope that you are able to find a suitable equilibrium between everything that works out for everyone, but especially also for yourself.
It seems pedantic to say but seriously do be sure to not overdo anything either, injuring your own health will not help anyone else so you will still need to put your needs first, and it can be easy to lose sight of that sometimes while caring for a parent.
Heartfelt condolences and empathy for what you're doing, and am hoping/wishing you and your Mother all the very best!