Yesterday there was an exchange between the sick son (24 yo) and his brother. The younger brother suggested to him that he should think of ending his life.
Make no mistake, this was not done in absence of care. For the younger brother there has been trauma in seeing his older brother, since he was a kid, get sicker and sicker. In more and more pain. To see his brothers physical suffering move from week by week, to day by day, to hour by hour.
Time has moved on. The older is now 24 years old and housebound. It's been nearly 12 years since the 11th of Jun, 2001 when he caught his CFS/ME. In that time hope has faded.
The point the younger brother made was: we've lost the life savings looking after him. The family has no life - (that's mainly me - 18 hour days working and caring for him). And it's getting time for his older brother to consider ending it for the sake of us.
Make no mistake, this was not done in absence of care. For the younger brother there has been trauma in seeing his older brother, since he was a kid, get sicker and sicker. In more and more pain. To see his brothers physical suffering move from week by week, to day by day, to hour by hour.
Time has moved on. The older is now 24 years old and housebound. It's been nearly 12 years since the 11th of Jun, 2001 when he caught his CFS/ME. In that time hope has faded.
The point the younger brother made was: we've lost the life savings looking after him. The family has no life - (that's mainly me - 18 hour days working and caring for him). And it's getting time for his older brother to consider ending it for the sake of us.
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