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Unhappy Apr 16, 2010 at 06:14 PM
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Soooo not sure I'm really a "caregiver," but this seemed the best place to rant about this particular topic, if that's all right with you all.

Long story short, my girlfriend has Crohn's disease. I do a LOT for her--bring her meals when she sleeps too late, make food for her, stay with her when she's hurting or feverish, carry her stuff, remind her of things, do little things so she doesn't have to... basic stuff. It's a ton easier for me than it could be because we go to the same university and it's a small campus. 98% of the time I truly don't mind, and actually really enjoy feeling useful and helpful to her.

Still, sometimes I just feel so helpless. Sometimes it gets so discouraging that there is just NOTHING I can do to ease her pain or help her out. Today I she told me about yet another symptom she has to face, and with how drained I've been because of my own depression/anxiety combo getting worse, I just want to cry. It's so hopelessly unfair and awful and it's just going to get worse over the summer. It makes me want to scream and hit things, and being as drained and stressed as I am makes this really hard. I absolutely love her, but... yeah. You know the story, I'm sure.

Anyway yeah, sorry for the rant. Thank you for reading if you did, though!

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