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  1. tiredamy2007

    Oh Goodness

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    5
    | Amy's Blog
    May 18, 2012
    Hey I am so tired I could just faint. I haven’t felt good but life is getting harder. Mom and Dad have dementia and they are both going down hill at the same time. I have to even remind them at regular times to go to the restroom. I still...
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  2. tiredamy2007

    Perfect I Am Not

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    5
    | Amy's Blog
    May 8, 2012
    Hey it has been a very hard week. I have been having chest pains and almost passing out. I had to have a CT of my heart on Friday. When I am in there getting it, my dad doesn’t like when other people have things wrong so when I was...
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  3. tiredamy2007

    Still No Help

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    6
    | Amy's Blog
    April 20, 2012
    Hello everyone. The last time I had a second to talk I talked about my uncle and his lack of help. I completely appreciate the suggestions. However they have not worked to this point. I hope that it does soon. I have been having to stay up at night hoping...
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  4. tiredamy2007

    Can’t Anyone Help?

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    | Amy's Blog
    April 11, 2012
    I am so upset. My uncle has a completely perfect house that was my grandma’s and he is not even willing to try and help us to get it. Our trailer house is falling apart. It is almost forty years old. Trailers are not supposed to live that long. We...
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  5. tiredamy2007

    No End in Sight

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    5
    | Amy's Blog
    April 4, 2012
    Hey everyone Sorry I haven’t been on here much lately. I have been so busy. Where do I begin.  My dad was diagnosed at the end of March with Alzheimer’s. This was a big shock to me because it was all the sudden and he couldn’t understand very many things....
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  6. tiredamy2007

    I Missed U

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    4
    | Amy's Blog
    March 14, 2012
    Hey everyone, how are you all? It seems like I haven’t been in here for a long time. My life has been absolutely crazy. I have been having health problems of my own. I have been having problems with my eyes. They were blurring and dry. I had to get...
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  7. tiredamy2007

    Having to Take Care of Me

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    4
    | Amy's Blog
    February 20, 2012
    It is so weird to have to take care of yourself. As caregivers we don’t think that we need to go to get our labs or exams. I had labs done a couple of weeks and they called on Saturday. That was so weird. They said that I had to...
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  8. tiredamy2007

    So Tired

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    4
    | Amy's Blog
    February 13, 2012
    Hey, sorry I haven’t posted for a while but everything has been so tiring. My mom and dad are doing worse. I have been having to do everything for them. My sister is getting better, I am so glad for that. My dad fell the other day. Apparently he passed...
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  9. tiredamy2007

    Update on Dad

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    6
    | Amy's Blog
    January 24, 2012
    Hey everyone, hope that you are having a good day. My daddy continues to go down hill. The doctors said that if he used the compression socks that he would stop passing out. NOT. He continues to have terrible edema. I wish he had a good quality of life. He...
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  10. tiredamy2007

    Thank You All So Very Much

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    3
    | Amy's Blog
    January 19, 2012
    (Editor’s Note: This morning, Amy received the $500 we raised to help her.) I don’t know how to thank all of you. This is a god sent. We have been so stressed lately that my parents’ health is deteriating. We went to Dad’s doctors on Tuesday. He was hoping for...
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  11. tiredamy2007

    WHY

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    | Amy's Blog
    January 13, 2012
    Just a quick update. Nothing is better and things are worse. We just got a letter of eviction this morning. I wonder what I can do that will mean anything. Please pray for me and my family.
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  12. tiredamy2007

    What Am I To Do?

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    | Amy's Blog
    January 12, 2012
    We are having a very hard time right now. We have so many medical bills but no money to pay for them. I wish that I had time to work but with Dad and Mom getting worse. I wish that we could get Medicaid so the rest would be paid...
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  13. tiredamy2007

    Oh Man

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    4
    | Amy's Blog
    January 9, 2012
    Hey everyone, everything is the same here. I am having to do everything for Mom and Dad. If I am not at home, they will not eat or even go to restroom. So it is getting increasingly harder to go to lunch with friends. I feel more isolated. I don’t...
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  14. tiredamy2007

    What Will 2012 Be Like?

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    5
    | Amy's Blog
    January 4, 2012
    I wonder how this year will be. I hope that I have the same health so that I continue to keep up. However so far in the three days of this year, it has been terrible. My mother is not doing well. Like I have said, she has had a...
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  15. tiredamy2007

    Don’t Give Up

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    | Amy's Blog
    December 27, 2011
    Hey everyone, hope you all had a wonderful weekend with your family. Ours was very lonely. We didn’t have any family come by because they are scared of seeing my parents the way they are. But we were together and have a nice time. I have yet to get back...
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  16. tiredamy2007

    My Mommy

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    | Amy's Blog
    December 18, 2011
    I usually talk about my dad. He is still doing terrible but this time is about Mommy. A few years ago my mom had a stroke. We didn’t know it at the time but we started noticing that she could think very much. Then it progressed to not having any...
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  17. tiredamy2007

    Hospital Again

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    | Amy's Blog
    December 15, 2011
    I have my dad in the hospital. He keeps passing out. He is getting worse and worse. I wish that there was something to make him better. They don’t know what to do. I have a question: Is a hospital allowed to tell people to not come to the ER?...
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  18. tiredamy2007

    OMG Why

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    11
    | Amy's Blog
    December 10, 2011
    Hello everyone, I am so drowning right now. I am still trying to hear something back from hospice and nothing yet.  I keep trying but to no avail. The other day on Wednesday my sister had her knee surgery which went good. We were so happy that she was in such a...
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  19. tiredamy2007

    Oh My

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    7
    | Amy's Blog
    December 6, 2011
    I can’t seem to get a response on hospice but I will prevail. Haha. I will call and text so I can get a little guidance in how to better care for Mom and Dad. My sister’s surgery is tomorrow and I hope everything is okay.  She has heart problems...
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  20. tiredamy2007

    When Will It Be Me?

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    10
    | Amy's Blog
    December 5, 2011
    Hey everyone, I have not been feeling well lately but can’t relax for a second. I am tired of feeling like that I hold my family together. I can’t do it my own but no one helps. I wish I could have a day or two for me. I don’t...
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  21. tiredamy2007

    On the Road Again

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    3
    | Amy's Blog
    November 30, 2011
    Hey everyone, everything is going the same. We had to make a drive to one of Dad’s appointments. It was to his nephrologist. We had to take him off alot of his pills because of the failure of his kidneys.  We r just trying to save some time to hold...
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  22. tiredamy2007

    Why Me?

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    | Amy's Blog
    November 27, 2011
    I hope everyone had a wonderful time with family. My week was nothing but work. I am so tired. I had to take my sister to the hospital on Thanksgiving and that added stress. Then yesterday Dad started passing out over and over. So this morning I finally got him...
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