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I missed this thread as well but can I say all the best for Thursday. You are just the right person to give this talk

It was exactly one year ago today that my Mum got stuck on the stairs. She just didn't know how to come down them. With the help of a neighbour and 45 mins of talking and coaxing we got her down...

Now you got me crying as well. sending you really big hugs.

Mum had Cdiff after having three lots of antibiotics. she picked it up in hospital and was barrier nursed, we had to wear masks and aprons as well. There is apparently medication that can help but...

I too have cared one way lor another from an early age. I was only 6 when my little sister was born with severe learning difficulties and everything we did as a family depended on how she was. I...

Yes this is what my mother suffered from. Her first TIA had her collapsing in front of me onto the kitchen floor but the subsequent ones sometimes we wouldn't be able to tell but they gradually...

How did I know? When I just wasn't able to see how I could manage with Mum's decreasing mobility. still broke my heart when i had to admit it, to TP, to my family and to myself. Mum went into...

The morning my Mum dies I was in the hospital room waiitng for my sister and brotehr to arrive. I had the radio on, Sunday Morning Lovesongs, as Mum and i always listened to that when she was home. ...

mum did say to me once that was the cat real because it didn't move much and I just said oh it's a lovely cat though and she was satisfied with that and carried on stroking it and saying how lovely...

When Mum was in hospital just before she died she became very agitated. I bought her a toy cat which she talked to and stroked like a real cat. It helped her so much and calmed her right down and...

Oh what a fright for you> I hope there is no seroius damage. Sending you a hug

jude

When Mum was alive i had a home help in and someone to do the garden as well. I said yes thank you very much for all the help I could get.

Sending you a virtual hug instead of being able to give you a real one.

Jude xx

Dear Shorty

May I say that I am sorry to hear of the death of your Mum. My Mum died in Juky of last year after suffering from dementia for at least 6 years but onkly formally diagnosed for the...

OK my 3 are

First day back in work after the hols was uneventful and now I'm home.
Had a phonecall from someone special
Finished my Western Mail Crossword

Jude

This will be my first Christmas without Mum as she died on July. I wish I could still share the day with her as she used to enjoy it all so much before the dementia took hold and even last year she...

Gwen

I don't tend to start posts now because my dementia concern has now ended. It chew me up and spat me out the other end when Mum died but I hope that I can at times help other people who are...

Miss Merlot

I probably come from the other side of the fence as I did all of what you rally against for my mother but I never considered myself a saint. at times i hated the situation, my lost...

jan1962

Sorry to hear you sad news but may you find comfort that your MIL is now free from all her confusion.

Jude

I to suffered a meltdown 2 years ago when Mum was first diagnosed but I was lucky I had a supportive GP and social worker and work were just great. They arranged for me to see a councellor on their...

Keith, so sorry to hear that you have lost your Mum. It was a shock to me when my Mum died but I found solace in the fact that she was at last free from all her confusion. I hope you to find...

I always write a personal letter to friends that i have met along the way that I send christmas cards to. This year I was also thinking how do I put it in so they know that my situation has changed...

This will be my first christmas without Mum so this is a lovely idea

I'm pleased for you but if you find you need them don't dismiss anti depressants. They just kept me on an even keel. I still felt sorow, anger and happiness but they didn't have the wild swings I...

Oh David I feel for you. you grieve because you loved and i'm afraid they come together a lot of the time. When my Mum was first diagnosed with vasc dementia I suffered a complete meltdown in work....