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Not so silly when your loved one goes through 6-10 pairs a day (depending on the day), and you end up tossing out 1-2 pairs each month because they're beyond saving. (ew.)
Speaking of which...I need to order more.
Susan.... I... I ... I hate to admit but I tossed mom's when that happened.
And you're immediate game plan is to buy as much Depends, baby wipes, puppy liners and toilet tissue. That's what I will be doing either tonight after work or tomorrow morning.
You know you're a caregiver when your Amazon Prime membership is used to buy incontinence pads, diaper rash cream (for the skin folds), jumbo sized containers of disinfectant cleaning wipes, bum wipes, toilet paper and the like.
You know you're a caregiver if:
-you keep a "ditty bag" containing underwear, wipes, incontinence pads, extra toilet paper, a full set of clothing (or two!) and even extra SOCKS....in every possible place it may be needed - the car, your purse, hanging in a bag from her wheelchair and scooter....
-you carry an extra large purse to accommodate the above-mentioned ditty bag, a protein bar and the other "extras" she seems to always need.
-you refuse to allow visitors to use the bathroom in your home unless you can check it first
-you catch a whiff of poo or gas, and instead of blaming the dog or cat (and you have both), you immediately start checking your loved one or wondering if it's them, not the animals.
-you get irritated when other relatives come over and ask why your loved one has a huge stack of clean, folded underwear in the bathroom (because they obviously have no clue just how many pairs of underwear an incontinent elderly adult can go through in a day's time!)
-you know the true meaning of "loneliness", even when you have someone with you 24/7.
-a trip to the big-box grocery/department store feels like a vacation trip to Hawaii. (They have sun lamps, exotic foods and fruits and alcohol. Sounds like a vacation to me.)
-you feel like a complete failure as a housekeeper, because you can't keep up with the laundry and dishes all the time - where things used to be all done by the end of the evening, now they may sit a day or so before you get to them, because you're too busy doing the other of those items - so dishes might not get done because you're doing laundry, or vice versa.
-you have several searches saved on your computer for incontinence items, handicap-accessible furniture and helpers, and your "big ticket purchase" in the near future will be a handicap accessible vehicle. Not a boat. Not a luxury car. Not even a vacation trip to an exotic locale or Disney. Your big bucks are going for a handicap vehicle.
-you know EXACTLY where to find the lowest prices on incontinence pads, bum wipes, disinfectant cleaning wipes for the bathroom, and fabric pads for chairs and beds.
your loved one wakes up and, still laying in bed, asks you to turn the tv up so they can hear it. You do so, and not 20 seconds later, you hear snoring from the bed. So you turn it back down. They wake again 10 minutes later and ask you to turn it up again. You do, and they fall back asleep again, so you turn it back down. Soon they get up and sit in their chair, so you try to be proactive and turn it up, only to look over and see your loved one with the 2nd remote in their hand, also turning it up. (sigh)
Yep. I'm back. Really wish I wasn't.