Hello all...what a wonderful supportive place this seems to be
A friend of the family recommended the Society to us (we are a close knit family of 5 siblings jointly caring for our mum). We seem to have been abandoned by all the official people - no hospital involvement or social services - although we have a lovely lady going in every lunchtime to feed mum.
She's still in her own home... and we've sworn to keep her there as long as possible. There seems to have been a rapid deterioration very recently - incontinence, unable to dress (hilarious states we've found her in ), and going to bed at 5p.m. She's gone from a size 24 to a 12 and we laugh that we will be accused of starving her - if we didn't laugh, we'd cry. We make sure she eats 3 good meals a day and she snacks inbetween too. Is weight loss normal - even though she IS eating? The Gp was just happy she's lost weight and didn't seem concerned. We are concerned as she is getting thinner and thinner before our eyes....
The bad days seem to be outweighing the good now, but we keep smiling.
Mummy's girl
A friend of the family recommended the Society to us (we are a close knit family of 5 siblings jointly caring for our mum). We seem to have been abandoned by all the official people - no hospital involvement or social services - although we have a lovely lady going in every lunchtime to feed mum.
She's still in her own home... and we've sworn to keep her there as long as possible. There seems to have been a rapid deterioration very recently - incontinence, unable to dress (hilarious states we've found her in ), and going to bed at 5p.m. She's gone from a size 24 to a 12 and we laugh that we will be accused of starving her - if we didn't laugh, we'd cry. We make sure she eats 3 good meals a day and she snacks inbetween too. Is weight loss normal - even though she IS eating? The Gp was just happy she's lost weight and didn't seem concerned. We are concerned as she is getting thinner and thinner before our eyes....
The bad days seem to be outweighing the good now, but we keep smiling.
Mummy's girl