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Dear Lisa,
Leslie's lucky to have a wonderful sister like you. I agree with others that she should get on board on this site and vent and whatever, it will help her.
Reading books which just take you away from yourself really helped add still help me - tv is a negative influence. movies are good also. I hope she will get into a little social interaction also even though she'll be tired.
She's at an early stage and I'm sure the doctors have told her there's no reason she shouldn't see those kids grow up.
Stay strong yourself and don't get too worn out. It's not easy being the care-giver and we sometimes forget to tell our care givers how wonderful they are and how grateful we are to have them. she should join a local support group - I'm sure there's one at the hospital. Also this is going to sound stupid but tell her to put on a fake smile - it does something chemically within the body - try it and enough times and you'll feel it, it's weird and won't change it completely but helps the stages to feeling better. laughing is even better.
all the best for your sister,
sarah
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