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I was appointed P.O.A. to my father because my parents split up and nobody else would do it. Not even his sisters. I think he has MS as well but he is a drug addict and a drunk and cares about nothing but that and money. I do what I have to and that is it, although I think about it all of the time. I have my brother and his family left, we were always very close and I am thankful for him! I think that is the one thing that my sister couldn't handle due to her jealousy... He is the one person that I vow to never argue with. I don't talk to my mom by her choice, by taking care of my father, she thinks that I betrayed her, we had words, she left and told everyone that I kicked her out...she stopped communication, not me. I don't know if I could talk to her now, it took months for me to accept the hurt that she put me through. It still hurts at times and makes me cry, but I also know I have a husband who loves me, and two children who do too.

I think that I had MS back in 1998 because I would get really bad neck pain and headaches, but they couldn't find anything. Symptoms really started to appear in 2001 when my aunt passed away but I ignored it and assumed it to be a ruptured disc in my back. From 2001 to 2007, I lost my aunt, both grandmothers, my husband's grandfather and two uncles, one that I had the pleasure of planning the funeral of because my mother and her sister's wouldn't. Yes, I am bitter about that.  Oh, I can't forget to mention that in the year that I was diagnosed, was the year that my parents split up and my mother moved in with me and my family. That is pretty much what has been going on with me. I prefer not to go earlier than that, the memories are better left as that, memories. It did feel good to get this out, so thank you to whoever is reading this.