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The roller coaster is slowing down


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Today is the end of my first week back at work since mid-August. It feels good to be on a regular schedule. I have mixed feelings about our current therapy arrangement. I do appreciate the therapists, however it is so taxing to travel 200 miles round trip twice a week to get him there. Seems we could find something closer who he would trust to take him through his rehab. We are looking for a vehicle that he can drive, but I worry about him making that trip by himself.

 

B told me something today that was really inspirational. I was complaining about a potential family event and how inconvenient it would be for me to make the travel - a two hour drive each way. She reminded me that when I look back at it in a year, the trip to get there will seem like nothing compared to the importance of attending the gathering. She's right.

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Hello and welcome to our blog community. We are in our own little world here...the best kept secret on this site. I'm a caregiver too, and I'm seriously hooked on blogging. I think it's great therapy for many of us.

 

I feel the same way about traveling too far from home now that I can't rely on my husband to bail us out of trouble, should there be any. But your friend is right, sometimes you have to let the importance of the gathering over ride any obstacles. Then other times, that extra time lounging around home seems wonderful to an over worked spouse of a survivor. The farther out you get from your husband's stroke the easier it gets to get back into a routine that includes fun as well as work.

 

Jean

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