Goodness. Roller coaster is the only way to describe it. You both must be wrung out. x
Just to let you know I'm thinking of you and your Mum, Terry - can't begin to imagine how this 'rollercoaster' is affecting you, hun xxxxxx
This morning's visit
very wise. As I pointed out to the assessor, if I'd applied for a Fast-Track everytime Mum has had a downturn in the past 2 years they'd be fed up of me by now.Hope you don't mind me popping in.
Last Saturday after being found unconscious & unresponsive in her CH, my mum was taken to hospital, CT scan, then admitted.
She came to, but slept mostly. After 3 days, they said she was severe end stage & she was to be returned to the CH with Palliative care to be put in readiness.
The CH staff aren't convinced, mum is as she was before.
After reading others experiences, I'm not rushing to tell people.
A roller coaster it certainly is.
Lin x
Hope you don't mind me popping in.
The CH staff aren't convinced, mum is as she was before.
After reading others experiences, I'm not rushing to tell people.
A roller coaster it certainly is.
Lin x
I've just been on holiday for 10 days in Mexico.
So the moral or the story is, if she is being well looked after and in a good home, whether you are there or not they will still look after her. But if something does go wrong they will inform you.
I spent so much time agonising whether to go or not and played out all the bad senarios in my head. Don't do the same as me just go and be with your family.
Was this her first turn like that
Could be all sorts of reasons for unconsciousness, especially if they have no ability to tell anyone they are in pain. Some of my mother's ASCs are probably a result of a bad migraine which, because she hasn't received medication, has become so bad it's caused her to lose consciousness. In her case they are so frequent and she is so poorly they don't investigate any more. Usually now we can tell by her 'recovery time and behaviour afterwards' if they are TIAs or seizures as her behaviour is very different. But this is only after many episodes and trying to be observant.They did think she'd had a stroke, hence the scan, but she hadn't. I asked why she would be unconscious like that , but no one could say for sure.
Mum does seem to have lost a bit more of herself, but was still able to indicate on my last visit that she wanted a bag like mine
Lin x
Mum does seem to have lost a bit more of herself, but was still able to indicate on my last visit that she wanted a bag like mine
At least your mother seems to still be able to communicate something, mine lost that ability some years ago. She really is just a body breathing now.
Just wanted to post sympathies, as I feel pretty much the same. My mother always looked after her health, keeping fit even well into her dementia. She would be so proud and be saying, "Look how well I looked after myself, so I'm fit and healthy in my old age." However without a brain to tell her what to do with that health she is unable to benefit, other than just to 'keep going through the motions of living'.Seems like "all is back to normal" round here with mum
I hate with a passion the very high and the very low parts of this roller coaster that at some point we are all on.
Proud that mum is a TOB
Saddened that mum is a TOB
and if truth be told, very angry at mum for being a TOB this time. I guess that's a reaction to high stress....
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Hugs lemonjuice xxxxx
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