Book I have found helpful - for caregiving spouses

[bevvy5]

DH is coming up to his first anniversary as a home hemo patient.  Things have gone generally well but it's not easy, as many of you know.  I was really feeling for despondent since hubby's last clinic - just a lot of things that he does or doesn't do that I absolutely did not sign up for when agreeing to partner for home hemo.  But enough of the pity party.

A very good book that I have been reading, or at least it is helping me is The Caregiving Wife's Handbook:  Caring for your Seriously Ill Husband by Diana Denholm.  Written by a woman who was caregiver for her husband who, among many other things, was a dialysis patient, in clinic. 

Anyway, it may not be to everyone's taste but I am finding it amazingly helpful in just taking a step back and developing some strategies for coping with things that have been difficult.

[katieking1981]

Thanks for the book suggestion. For me just knowing that others have been there help.

[boswife]

late finding this but i've just writen it down and going to check it out.  Thanks for sharing with us 'others'

[bennyswife]

How can I get the book?  Is it online? 

[drgirlfriend]

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll check it out.
It can be found in the usual online places: amazon, barnes and noble and there's a website for the book: http://www.caregivingwife.com/