Hi I am new to this group: I am sole carer to a husband with bladder cancer and other issues including diabetes, insomnia and feeling poorly and depressed most of the time. My fiercely independent 92 year old mum who lives 500 miles away is becoming increasingly immobile depressed and angry and I am the only person she can 'vent'to - every day for over an hour and sometimes several times a day: I have a couple of friends going through really difficult times who also depend on me for support : I just had cataract surgery and there are complications that make driving inadvisable and my work ( I am a proofreader) very difficult an essential source of income: my only source of comfort, my old dog is deaf and now needs cataract surgery too and a difficult decision may be immanent: so I am physically drained and tired from lack of sleep and becoming emotionally fragile which I really can't afford when so many people are depending on me. I just need someone occasionally to say " hey Su500 you are doing the best you can, and it's ok!' Sorry to dump my problems because I am sure that there's many people way worse than me.
