My mum was diagnosed with alzheimers a few years back. She is on medication to stabilize this and its been helping her until this year. At the beginning of the year my dad died of lung cancer and now my mum has all but given up.
One of the things I am struggling with is her chain smoking. Firstly because of the health implications but secondly for a more selfish reason. I am an only child and therefore there is no other carer for her. I hate going into her house as she is sitting in a big puff of smoke all the time. When she comes into my house, she is smelling really badly of the cigarettes. We are together most of the time...no-one else likes to visit due to the house being so smoky.
I'm exhausted and I want my mum back
One of the things I am struggling with is her chain smoking. Firstly because of the health implications but secondly for a more selfish reason. I am an only child and therefore there is no other carer for her. I hate going into her house as she is sitting in a big puff of smoke all the time. When she comes into my house, she is smelling really badly of the cigarettes. We are together most of the time...no-one else likes to visit due to the house being so smoky.
I'm exhausted and I want my mum back