Vonny

Sorry to say I have had a bad week.The UTI has gone,but Wed night it was 1-30 before I got him to come to bed and it was 2 o'clock this morning and he is still up at 7.I was very upset and crying this morning and he told me to pull myself together( did not make me feel better)For the first time I said would he go into a home for a few days and he said yes but I do not think he knew what I meant or we were both going but I think I have taken a step forward in even saying this.I am waiting for my very good (i do not think) SW to get in touch with me,and I will see where I go from there.I know everyone will say I have not but I do feel I have failed by not coping longer.Just had Helen on the phone and she is coming to see us on Tues.Have a nice time off and do something nice.Shelah.

If you are in touch with Helen at all next week if she is your way send her a hug.She came to see us yesterday and for the first time said that she had been worried all week about her Dad and her oldest son had broke down when he was told about the second UTI and how ill he was.It was the first time I realized that other people think of him,Helen said this is because I am so involved with every day things, I do love them all very much and perhaps do not always show it.Hope you have a good weekend Shelah.

Just having to cope with another UTI the second in two weeks.Waiting for the Dr. to come out they said they were very busy and it would be 3 to 6 hrs.which is 12-30 to 3-30 and as it was 2-45 before I got him to bed this morning I think I will be very tired tomorrow.Had to get Helen over to help and Barry came with her and they collected our son on the way over and it took all four of us to get him upstairs to bed.But I know as soon as he gets the tablets into him it is a very quick cure.Best wishes to you Shelah.

hiya Mrs Vontastic! How are you? Busy, busy busy I reckon as per!Im suffering with my gallstones a bit this week, but Im having the op to remove gallbladder in Jan so I know the pain will go. Ive been solicitors this week about COP- what a kerfuffle! Im really nervous about them restricting what I spend dads money on, but hey -ho its gotta be done. Just hope the realise we always do the best for him. The lake is beautiful today with the Autumn colours and all misty, wish I could take a good photo. Lily is crawling around the joint like a speed demon and has cut her first two teeth this week! She 9 months old but very tiny (less than 15 pounds)and she thinks her grandad is hilarious. She blew a rasberry at him as he went to day care this morning and he blew one back- priceless moments! Hope you and yours are good, hows the chickens? Are they scared of fireworks? xxxx

Hello Shelah via Vonny,

We haven't met before, but I just wanted to say that if I contributed in any way to your confusion about antipsychotics, then I am sorry for that. All I was doing by posting on the thread you have been reading, was adding my own experience of them.

Having said that, I am well aware that there is a place and a time for everything, and also that if any medication is prescribed with a declared reason and explained to the patient and his/her family and openly-discussed, and then monitored for months afterwards - monitored and assessed weekly to begin with - then I am not against that. I am very much in favour of that, in fact.

That's all I wanted to say.

Had a phone call from Helen last night,she said she had been out to lunch with a very nice lady and had had a very nice lunch, hope you enjoyed it as well, she is coming to see us tomorrow night,
The news about Len is not good.When he was collected this morning for his day centre the lady said had I been told the tablets he is taking (lorazepam)do not now seem to be working,from 11 o'clock he is pacing the floor and getting very aggressive,I told her we were back at the Memory Clinic next Wed.and I would tell the Dr.then.
Now comes the crunch question if she asks me do I want to try anti psychotics drugs what do I say.I have just read all the information on the thread about them and I must say I am now more confused than ever.
I will talk it over with Helen when she comes tomorrow but I just have it going round and round in my head.Hope you are having a good week Helen said you were having some time off.Shelah

Hi Vonny

Thanks for that, it gave us so much comfort and there will be some donations for Alzheimers Society to hopefully help others who will walk in our shoes.

Love

Cath

Von, even with everything around you going on,are you ever lonely?

Just had a first meeting with an UTI (if this is the right word) had to call a Dr. out early this morning.He gave us a script for some anti biotic s and said they should kick in by tonight.I have read about other people having to deal with them but the first time is very frighting Do they always pass and to they go back to as good as they were.My son came over and it took us 20 mins just to get him down the stairs,he had no idea how to put one foot in front of the other,Things a bit better now,lots of phone messages going between Helen and me.Hope your week has been good Shelah.

ehehe...my dad loves scratching his @rse so its a good job he's got the time!! My goodness youre a busy bee, chickens, kids, work....you deserve that blumming brandy I tell you! I found I missed my mum at really odd moments, maybe it will be the same for you. Yes the new place is lovely, much easier to look after dad here. Had a spot of worry with the SW today (see post earlier) but other than that we are wonderfully settled already. Can you believe it will have been 3 months tomorrow?!! Im glad youre well....I guess you havent got time to be anything else eh! xxx