Hi everyone
I don`t know if anyone remembers me talking about Mums " so called " nuisance calls and how her repeated calls to me were really getting me down , well guess what they were genuine and I feel absolutely terrible to have doubted her and blamed her AD instead.
When Danny ( my husband and some would say much better half .......he did at least give some credibility to the calls ) went to see Mum today she`d done 1471 so he called the number which was answered by a youth .
Dan asked to speak to a made up person and on being told there was no one there of that name asked the name of the youth who answered would you believe his name was Danny to which my Danny ( I know its confusing ) told him that someone from that number had been making nuisance calls to his mum in law and that he was going to the police only to get an avalanche of abuse and the phone slammed down in what he descibed as a panicky way.
I`ve been on to BT and got an immediate number change ...literally within minutes, and Danny has been to the police who were very understanding took a statement and said someone will come to the house to interview him and that they can get the address of the caller from BT and will follow it up ,so fingers crossed .
My mum is delighted although reluctant to give her new number even to old friends ,some of whom she seems to have taken against , but at least she won`t be frightened anymore. I`ve also been on to the telephone preference line and the line that can block most silent calls so she shouldn`t be bothered in the future .
But oh I feel so guilty if I`d taken her seriously instead of humouring her and dismissing it as all in her mind think how much anguish I could of saved her......hairshirt for me for a while I think ,but at least she didn`t know I was doubting her .
I`ve certainly learnt my lesson and will try not to assume in future . I`m sorry to have rambled on especially when reading what I`ve written it seems as clear as mud !!
Jeanie x
I don`t know if anyone remembers me talking about Mums " so called " nuisance calls and how her repeated calls to me were really getting me down , well guess what they were genuine and I feel absolutely terrible to have doubted her and blamed her AD instead.
When Danny ( my husband and some would say much better half .......he did at least give some credibility to the calls ) went to see Mum today she`d done 1471 so he called the number which was answered by a youth .
Dan asked to speak to a made up person and on being told there was no one there of that name asked the name of the youth who answered would you believe his name was Danny to which my Danny ( I know its confusing ) told him that someone from that number had been making nuisance calls to his mum in law and that he was going to the police only to get an avalanche of abuse and the phone slammed down in what he descibed as a panicky way.
I`ve been on to BT and got an immediate number change ...literally within minutes, and Danny has been to the police who were very understanding took a statement and said someone will come to the house to interview him and that they can get the address of the caller from BT and will follow it up ,so fingers crossed .
My mum is delighted although reluctant to give her new number even to old friends ,some of whom she seems to have taken against , but at least she won`t be frightened anymore. I`ve also been on to the telephone preference line and the line that can block most silent calls so she shouldn`t be bothered in the future .
But oh I feel so guilty if I`d taken her seriously instead of humouring her and dismissing it as all in her mind think how much anguish I could of saved her......hairshirt for me for a while I think ,but at least she didn`t know I was doubting her .
I`ve certainly learnt my lesson and will try not to assume in future . I`m sorry to have rambled on especially when reading what I`ve written it seems as clear as mud !!
Jeanie x