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What About Me?
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Monologue Mania Day # 1422 What About Me? (for Caregivers Anonymous) by Janet S. Tiger (c) Jan. 5, 2018 For other monologues from Caregivers Anonymous, please see below for days and links
What About Me?
(for Caregivers Anonymous)
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger
© all rights reserved
tigerteam1@gmail.com
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger
© all rights reserved
tigerteam1@gmail.com
(The woman who stands up now looks bedraggled - and very tired)
You ask me where I've been for the last few meetings. I have just one word. Sick.
Not me.....at least not at first.
The first one to get the flu was my mother, who is, at 81, and with 65 years as a smoker, not a good candidate for success with pulmonary events!
So I was taking care of her, because my father, even when he was younger, is not good around sickness. And then of course, he got sick. They had their shots, but then you hear on the news, only 10% effective. Do I get my time back for dragging them to the doctor for their shots? I don't think so!
Then my family gets sick - my husband, then both kids - even though they're teenagers, they couldn't move to do anything for a week! So it's all me. And little by little, everyone gets well...... And then, as they start to get well, I get sick. But there is no one left to take care of me!
And I find myself wondering....what if I got really sick.....like with something serious.....who's gonna be there holding my hand? (Laughs) Dare I even say the words? What about...me?
(She sits and the others nod in agreement)
You ask me where I've been for the last few meetings. I have just one word. Sick.
Not me.....at least not at first.
The first one to get the flu was my mother, who is, at 81, and with 65 years as a smoker, not a good candidate for success with pulmonary events!
So I was taking care of her, because my father, even when he was younger, is not good around sickness. And then of course, he got sick. They had their shots, but then you hear on the news, only 10% effective. Do I get my time back for dragging them to the doctor for their shots? I don't think so!
Then my family gets sick - my husband, then both kids - even though they're teenagers, they couldn't move to do anything for a week! So it's all me. And little by little, everyone gets well...... And then, as they start to get well, I get sick. But there is no one left to take care of me!
And I find myself wondering....what if I got really sick.....like with something serious.....who's gonna be there holding my hand? (Laughs) Dare I even say the words? What about...me?
(She sits and the others nod in agreement)
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For other Days with Caregivers monologues-
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For other Days with Caregivers monologues-
Day # 268
Wheelchair of Fortune Open Act 1
569 Thin Ice Dilemma
666 - Palimpsest
692 - Resilience
702 - Someone Else
714 New Inventions
777 New Journals
778 The Caped Wonder
782 - Duo
783 Day in the Life of a Caregiver
797 Gold Medal
802 Misplaced
812 Paid
820 The Fallen
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315 CaregiversAnon.org
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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