RH Files Index - stroke

I have recently had some difficult news as my father has recently had a stroke. This is his worst nightmare, as a normally free man is restricted to a bed with no movement or speech. He can hear well and after putting on Test Match Special his smile grew my next choice for him was ‘Dig Lazarus Dig’ hoping for some miracle/ biblical come back. This did not happen (obviously) but the smile and joy of him hearing ‘Midnight Man’ is hopefully a sign of recovery. My question is how did you deal with suddenly everyone looking for you as a point of strength, I have gone from looking after myself and being self-absorbed with everyday life to suddenly my whole family looking to me for guidance through this difficult time. I am only a week into this but feel so emotionally drained that I will just implode. Any tips appreciated.

ZACK @ Issue no. 245