Daily Excerpt: Survival of the Caregiver (Snyder) - Prologue
Excerpt from Survival of the Caregiver
Prologue
This is not a technical book. If
your loved one has Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Cystic Fibrosis,
Heart Failure, Diabetes, Cerebral Palsy, or has experienced depression, a
stroke, spinal injuries or any number of other debilitating catastrophic
illnesses, there are many books in the library that describe all the problems,
treatments, and prognoses of each of these conditions. Doctors and scholars who
have specialized in these illnesses write these books. There is valuable
information to be found in these accounts, and you should avail yourself to the
ones pertaining to the particular problems of your loved one.
This is a book devoted to the
caregivers of those with tragic illnesses. My twenty years of experience as a
caregiver have given me many insights into coping with and surviving the
problems that come with caring for an ill person. This book gives encouragement,
along with valuable information I learned the hard way by trial and error. It
is my hope that it will ease the way for caregivers going through this most
difficult transition.
I am a very private person. Some of
the things I find essential to discuss in this book are difficult for me; they
invade the privacy of my life and that of the loved one I am caring for. However,
the importance of conveying, in open discussion, all the ramifications of
surviving in the caregiver's world outweigh my privilege of privacy.
Each individual's circumstances
are unique. Some of the things I have written about may not be relevant to your
particular situation, but the book is very supportive in many different areas
of a caregiver's life. My information comes from my experience of dealing, day
by day, with another person, whom I deeply love and whom is totally dependent
on me. A lot of my thoughts come from the heart openly, honestly and sincerely.
I pray that the reader will find help, comfort and solace in my words and in
the knowledge that others share the struggle, pain and even anger. We all
deserve to survive the ordeal.
Doctors who write technical books
sympathize with your circumstances and say they understand, but the only one
who can really relate to what the caregiver's life is like, day in and day out,
is another person walking in a pair of caregiver's shoes.
Come join me now for a walk
through an alphabet of words, which will go a long way in helping you survive
as a caregiver.
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