Reacting to people relying on you

[The People]

I have a sinking feeling that he left because he couldn't cope with her clinginess. He is hours away by plane and she says that he has a family crisis he needs to deal with. He did get laid off before he left. Her only family is also a few hours plane ride away and she has had a hard life here. I a quite sure there are MH issues along with the many other things she has going on. But she really does have nobody in this big city. She worked and came home. Her hubby is her life and now he is gone. She is a nice woman but is heavily medicated for pain, something I don't deal with at all. I finally told her that she needed to get set up for the Handicapped bus as I won't always be available for her. She said yes. The 10 minutes later I had another ext. She has another appointment at 1 tomorrow and would I take her? I could walk to the building but she cannot. I have things to do too.

Thank goodness I could reach a friend who knows about my situation. She backed me up and let me know I wasn't being unfair. I used to provide this sort of help for a living but there is a reason why I don't do it anymore. As my friend put it I don't have the elasticity anymore. As my pdoc put it on Tuesday, 2015 was a year of hell. I am exhausted. But I cannot just leave her.