Hi, your mom is lucky to have you for a daughter...there are support groups out there for people with this disease, and there are support groups for caregivers...now I don't know that it goes into specifics of caregivers, but all caregivers deal with the same ongoing issues. Maybe look into one of those?
Caregiving can be a very stressful thing to do. Also, educating yourself, and your mom educating yourself is very helpful, when you possess knowledge, it tends to make you less insecure about the whole process. Remember, she is still your mom, who has a disease, she's not defined by this...make sure to pay attention to the things in your lives that make you happy and fulfilled. Even just the day to day details that make your life what it is. Life always goes on.
And there is plenty of great support right here on this forum. There is a wonderful member on here, who knows as much as the rest of us, and she is the mother of a hep c infected son. Child24Angel. Wishing you and your mother the best!
I'm so sorry for everything that you are having to deal with. Unfortunately uneducated people often do attach a stigma to this disease - and in fact so many of them could have it and not know it it's amazing.
All you have to do to support your mom is tell her that you love her.
To me - that is the best medicine I can ever get from my kids. Just knowing that someone is there for you is oftentimes all someone really needs.
Hep is a very isolating disease - if you could convince her perhaps to come to the forum and make friends on here...well it helped me more than anything.
You are a lovely person and your mother is very blessed to have you.
My prayers are with you and your mother. Your post made me cry, as I am hearing what my 2 children are going through. Does your mom have internet? If she does ask her join our support along with youself. What kind of support does she have in FL?
God Bless,
Rose