Taken from life. “I devoted my whole life to my family”: when I got sick, nobody wanted to help me

And now I was alone. < img src = "https://zycie.news/crrops/a581f7/620x0/1/0/2025/02/10/ioi1t5z84qfuz7borbor0ehnx62hse5fj3rhj0b.jpg" alt = "old lady @pexels" styles = "background-color: rgba (61.57.53.1)" > < p > I sat in my room, staring at the wall where family photos hung on which & Smiling faces of my husband, children, grandson & oacute; w. Each photograph told the story & ndash; WSP; For years I was a mother, wife and grandmother. I devoted myself completely to them.

< p > and now I was alone.

< p > It all started with fatigue. I had less and less strength overnight. Once I could cook, clean, run behind my grandchildren for hours. Now he would get up with & Żka; Żka was a challenge. < p > — It's because of age, mom — Son said when I complained for the first time. & Amp; MDASH; You must accept it.

< p > but it was not age.

< p > It was a disease.

< P > The doctor confirmed the worst. I needed treatment and care. Someone who takes care of me. < p > — Don't worry, we can handle — she said c & oacute; when I told her about it.

< p > I believed.

< p > but then the days changed in weeks, and I heard more and more often:

< p > — Mom, I can't come today, I have a job.

< p > — Mom, you know how it is with the children & Hellip; I don't have time. < p > — Mom, maybe ask someone else ?

< p > someone else ?

< p > I devoted my whole life to them. I was there when they needed help. I devoted work, dreams, social life to always be for them.

< p > and when I needed help & hellip; There was nobody.

< p > kt & oacute; I could not get up from & Żka.

< p > I reached for the phone with trembling hands. I called C & Amp; Oacute; Rki.

< p > — Mom, we are just entering a restaurant for dinner. I will call p & oacute; good ?

< p > did not call.

< p > I was alone.

< p > In the apartment where & oacute; there was once a lot of laughter, now there was silence.

< p > only me and m & oacute; j b & oacute; l.

< p > and the awareness that I gave my whole life to people who have never intended to give me a moment of time. /P > < p >