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Hi I hope you are able to talk to your Mum's doctors.  So hard to care for someone when they're not doing what Dr's recommend.  You are amazing xx
Hey Hope your appointments yesterday went well and that by now your pain relievers are working.  Very sorry to hear you've lost someone important to you.
Feels trite to talk about it but I did get some boots from the speciality store - I love them to bits!  They are leather with suade inserts, lace up but have a zip inside the ankle too, take my orthotics, a high-ish ankle boot that will go with skirts and pants.  
Dressier than I thought I'd end up with, but all the others they had in my size just looked too clunky and huge - I have big feet anyway and these boots flatter them nicely.  I've had to become focussed on really looking after my feet and these boots should do that for at least a few years as they are very well made - hence the price.  It's an investment.

I totally get you re: having energy zapped by vampires - that's what I call it too.  Good self-care in remembering the boundaries you want in communicating with some people.
Thinking of you too   and really hoping your son accepts that he can't change the dates now any more than you can, pulls his finger out and gets packing.  It really sounds like he's abusing you at times and I've been through that with my (now) adult child so I very much feel for you.  Do you have a counsellor or psychologist that can help you work out strategies for dealing with him?