anon Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 I am currently in the middle of planning my wedding (which is in three months). Not a huge wedding, nor expensive (about $1,500). I am so insanely stressed out. I have been engaged for the past three months and in the past 6 weeks i have gotten a whole slue of bad news. Everyone in my immediate family is dying or becoming permanitly crippled. I have 5 immediate family members (all people who raised me and whom i have known most my life) parents, grandparent, foster parents. every single one of them is ill. one has cancer, one has conjestive heart syndrome and diabeties (which i allready lost one loved one to), one has parkinsons, an irrepariable fracture in his spine that will eventually cause him to be paralized, blindness and a stroke, one just suffered some wierd infection in her ankle that means she can hardly take 2 steps on her own ever again and she now has to be on oone of those carry around iv units permanitly, and one of old age. i feel helpless since i am in another state and cannot be with them physically, nor do i have the means to send them money. the one with parkinsons can no longer afford his meds because the government is taking so ****ing long approving his case for medical assistance. also, i am currently going through a major transition at work that has recently ment long hours (60ish a week) and i am planning my wedding (which is in three months). i dont know what to do. i dont sleep anymore...and if i do im only ever half asleep. i cant keep food down and i constantly hurt. part of me wnats to neglect everything but work and them and just earn enough to fly there every couple of weeks to help as much as i can...but the other part of me realizes that my wedding will probablly be the last "family function" i get to spend with them. my grandma cant come because she isnt well enough to travel...so i will be heading out her way soon and frequently. and i am paying for one of them to be here. i have no idea what i can do to help them, how i can help if i am stressed out as much as i am, nor do i know what to do about the wedding. any advice? Link to post Share on other sites
She's Come Undone Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 Do all of these people close to you live in the same area? Not as you, but each other? Link to post Share on other sites
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