Hello all,
And firstly apologies that I can't seem to manage the technology properly yet to link my posts into previous threads . I know I've posted to someone about constant sleepiness and eye closing but have no idea how to trace it.
Anyway - firstly - I've had an email from Jon Manel re the Today Programme coming up next year about caring for the elderly - he wants to talk to me - should I do it ? I've got to say that after the last BBC shocker I'm very "iffy" about this.
Our news re our Mum is that she was visited in the CH by the memory consultant today who is taking her off Reminyl because of her developing physical health probs (atrial fibrillation and TIAs) She will reduce the dose gradually over the next couple of months. On top of this Mum has yet another UTI and oral thrush - which could explain why she took her teeth out and hid them yesterday at breakfast - we've just got the very large Xmas tree left to search now !
And finally and hope this will help with a previous question - and this is the thread I can't trace - I responded re constant eye closing and "false" sleep - saying that our Mum uses it as avoidance in a stressful or new situation - her consultant has now said " and she will also possibly use it when in pain from her arthritis or UTIs etc" God - we've been so wound up with the psycological (sp?) aspect - we'd never thought of constant nagging pain - she never really complains ! - So its a trial of mild painkillers for a few days to see if this has any positive effect.
Going away now with yet another attack of the guilts - how could we not think of this ?
Regards
germain
And firstly apologies that I can't seem to manage the technology properly yet to link my posts into previous threads . I know I've posted to someone about constant sleepiness and eye closing but have no idea how to trace it.
Anyway - firstly - I've had an email from Jon Manel re the Today Programme coming up next year about caring for the elderly - he wants to talk to me - should I do it ? I've got to say that after the last BBC shocker I'm very "iffy" about this.
Our news re our Mum is that she was visited in the CH by the memory consultant today who is taking her off Reminyl because of her developing physical health probs (atrial fibrillation and TIAs) She will reduce the dose gradually over the next couple of months. On top of this Mum has yet another UTI and oral thrush - which could explain why she took her teeth out and hid them yesterday at breakfast - we've just got the very large Xmas tree left to search now !
And finally and hope this will help with a previous question - and this is the thread I can't trace - I responded re constant eye closing and "false" sleep - saying that our Mum uses it as avoidance in a stressful or new situation - her consultant has now said " and she will also possibly use it when in pain from her arthritis or UTIs etc" God - we've been so wound up with the psycological (sp?) aspect - we'd never thought of constant nagging pain - she never really complains ! - So its a trial of mild painkillers for a few days to see if this has any positive effect.
Going away now with yet another attack of the guilts - how could we not think of this ?
Regards
germain