Posted by Kath on February 22, 2008, at 21:55:58
In reply to Re: Now I'm feeling sad. » Kath, posted by MissK on February 22, 2008, at 18:14:25
> With your son's diagnosis, I imagine you will always have moments of sadness. I hope attending the therapy group will help you with those.
****Thanks, I think you're right MissK. I am pretty sure the group therapy will help me.
A pre-requisite for it (I suspect to help the doctor keep the numbers down, and also because it's proven that illness in the family is hard on people & can lead to family members becoming ill) is that there is an ongoing illness in the family.
She has 2 groups. One for folks with ongoing illness - ex, cancer, chronic ongoing pain, etc.
The other group is called 'bystanders' - for the families of the above.
My feelings are less intense now. When I saw my son tonight briefly, he agrees to look at the meds situation Monday with his worker & pdoc, if pdoc is available. That's a relief for me, that at least he's willing to look at it. He was a quite a bit more 'with-it' tonite. Still not as well as he has been, but any improvement is welcome.
Thanks, kath
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