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 When You the Caregiver Become Ill
 
 7/5/2008 5:31:01 AM
User is offlineJames2008
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When You the Caregiver Become Ill
Well where does one begin on these type of topics? First off my I am the caregiver to my partner who is in a full blown AIDS status with dialysis. (We do home PD Dialysis)
Overall my partner can function to a point, but still needs assistance with some things and going on the dialysis machine.
I just found out I could possible have cancer and being HIV+ this will take a toll on me with being a caregiver to my partner.
I'm asking for any advice on this but with out going into a novel here, my partner family is still alive and would be able to address care for him but during the first year he bacame ill I had to pretty much get in shouting matches with his siblings in order for them to do anything for him let alone take on this. Currently I have hired a caregiver from a company to come in and assist on taking some burden off me but let's face it that would get expensive if I were to employ them on a full time bases if I become ill from what's going on with me.
I have talked this over with my partner on the possible outcome of this but his instant he'd take care of me and, well reality is that just won't happen as he has hard enough time dealing with his own care when I work full time.
So I guess any ideas on this would be greatly welcomed.
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