My Estranged Mom Needs My Help

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Melissa’s struggling to find compassion for her sick mother before taking on the role of her caretaker. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
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0:12.4	Melissa, welcome to the program. on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:13.0	Melissa, welcome to the program.
0:15.5	Hello.
0:16.8	Hi.
0:18.0	What can I help you with?
0:19.6	Um, I am, where do I start? My mom was recently diagnosed with ALS and it's progressed at a rapid pace.
0:32.0	She's in a little wheelchair kind of thing. I'm her only daughter.
0:37.0	They, my parents got back from Mexico last week and my dad decided that he needed to go to Mexico this week and I have to care for her.
0:51.2	She's having trouble eating, drinking, and I have not seen her in the last three months, so it's very shocking for me to just walk into the situation and not have fear, remorse, regret, upset.
1:09.1	How do I control those feelings?
1:11.6	I have no idea remorse, regret, I have no idea what that's about.
1:17.0	What is that all about?
1:19.0	What are you regretting?
1:20.0	My, I'm not we don't have the greatest relationship
1:28.5	We live in the same town to much two three miles away. Okay, but this is about this is not about closeness. This is only about compassion
1:38.3	So stop
1:40.4	Reacting quickly as we talk. This is not about a personal relationship. This is only about
1:46.8	compassion. And I'm a little surprised. I'm a little surprised that your dad doesn't have a professional.
2:00.0	That your dad doesn't have a professional at some level helping her.
2:06.0	These people need to know how this is done properly and if this is not something
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