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[AzSweet]

40. This year 2014

It started last year when my husband lost his job, while I was recovering from knee replacement surgery. We had to sell our home (Thank God there was a small, temporary up tick in the real estate market which we were able to take advantage of). My parents were to the point of needing full time care, so we moved in with them. At that point my Mother was still mostly mobile, though couldn't communicate. My husband was doing everything he could to find employment (he is highly qualified in his field), but he is in his early 60's, and was running into age discrimination everywhere. By January, we had spent a good portion of the smallish profit from the sale of our home on our healthcare, my husband with his heart and diabetes meds, and my continuing physical issues. We finally went to apply for state Medicaid(the one good thing Brewer had done as governor), and we were approved 3 DAYS before I had to rush my husband to the ER with severe abdominal pain. He was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. So now we are dealing with cancer, chemo and it's side effects, while caring for my Mother who is completely bedridden now, and my Father who is exhibiting signs of dementia himself, all while trying to stay positive for my husband. Coordinating hospice visits for her, cancer care for my husband, and my father's healthcare, and the daily running the household, all the while my arthritis keeps progressing. We're worried sick about the election this fall, and the possibility that the new governor will repeal "Obamacare" here in AZ. We will have no choice but to move and establish residence in a strong blue state. We have very little savings left, credit is shot. Our only income is my husband's SSDI, which was approved quickly due to his cancer. Still not enough to really live on, though better off than some. I will be lucky to find any employment, since I have been out of work for so long, caring for my parents, my age, and my worsening physical condition. I haven't worked this hard physically since I was a kid. So yes, the past year and a half has been the worst of my life. Thanks for listening to my vent...