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August 18, 2008

I can't stop feeling that I was an inadequate caregiver to my mom.

Posted By Carol O'Dell
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I am a 56-year-old registered nurse. I took time off work to care for my 81-year-old mother when she was dying of lung cancer. I had little support from my husband or my siblings: "You're the nurse" was their attitude. I was very close to my mother and talked with her every day...

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