Thank you for sharing your experience. I just keep thinking, I have only one Dad and am losing him; I can always find another job. I just hate to go back on social security but considering that I am barely holding it together and it is getting worse the more the shock wears of and the reality sets in, I would qualify to get it reinstated and it would be the only way I could support myself to also get the time and help I need right now with losing both of them. I am just so scared of being without both of my best friends. It is unfathomable to me but is becoming a reality.
Thank you again for your insights and support; Sending hugs.
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Originally Posted by Little Cat
This is just my personal experience but my biggest regret was not taking time off to care for my father, and thinking that work would somehow help me deal with it all, when he had cancer. That was 14 years ago. Fast forward to now, and I resigned from a busy national job which paid well but meant lots of travel, so I could care for my now 85 year old mother. I work from home and part time and made major adjustments to how I live and the money I spend. I don't regret that at all. My parents are everything to me too. Work seems so much less important to me now than it did. I just see it as a way to earn money to pay bills. I'm 50 this year. My heart goes out to you in this situation, it's so hard. I hope you find the answer you need, and some peace.
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