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Feb 2020
11:59am, 18 Feb 2020
2,934 posts
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Wombling Plodder (Welsh Womble)
D2 - I have had similar conversations with my MiL, especially as all her siblings have now gone, and most of her old neighbours - she is in her 80s.
Baz, sorry but the running tights made me chuckle. I hope MiL is able to see your daughter and there aren't any post visit issues.
I have had an emotional fortnight with my mother who has been phoning me up in tears on a daily basis, she has been extremely low which may be part of her Alzheimers plus I think my Dad has been having a go at her as he is getting frustrated. She is having lots of test done at the moment and was at the Stroke Clinic last week, and had a brain MRI yesterday. Today she was back at the hospital to see the senior consultant re stroke - it turns out that she was a month early, so now I have bickering parents as my Mum put it on the calendar for 18/3 but my Dad said it was today. I need to find someone to check these letters as I can't rely on the very limited sight that my Dad has - for once my Mum got the date right. I am trying to find out contact details for the lovely neighbour that has been running my parents back and forth to the hospital - unfortunately my Mum is not able to use the hospital transport as she needs a 'capable' adult with her, and my Dad doesn't fall into that category which he is not happy with.
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Feb 2020
12:30pm, 18 Feb 2020
1,969 posts
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Little Miss Happy
Oh that sounds difficult WP. So much harder to deal with from a distance too.
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Feb 2020
12:34pm, 18 Feb 2020
45,293 posts
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Velociraptor
That's a whole new layer of stress about the hospital appointments, WP  It's probably even harder when you've got two parents getting things muddled for different reasons.
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Feb 2020
1:35pm, 18 Feb 2020
9,071 posts
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XB
That is a lot to cope with, WP.
We are on stand by to cut short our "holiday" as MIL has seemingly lost her vision. It's difficult to get to the bottom of it for sure, but it sounds like she can see but doesn't have the ability to process what she is seeing. She sounds a bit froghtened and it may hamper her ability to live independently hence the need for us to head home early.
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Feb 2020
1:38pm, 18 Feb 2020
9,072 posts
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XB
*Froghtened is where you're not just a little bit frightened but are toadally frightened.
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Feb 2020
3:37pm, 18 Feb 2020
29,252 posts
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LazyDaisy
Oh WP, that sounds horrible for them and worrying for you
And XB - it's the processing bit that Mum lost a while back, which we realised when she couldn't follow her soap operas any more - she could see them, she just couldn't understand them.
What a horrid horrid thing is infirmity
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Feb 2020
3:44pm, 18 Feb 2020
1,970 posts
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Little Miss Happy
Sorry to hear that XB.
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Feb 2020
4:15pm, 18 Feb 2020
18,757 posts
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Carpathius
Dropping in to leave hugs. I haven't been around much recently sorry xx
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Feb 2020
4:52pm, 18 Feb 2020
2,937 posts
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Wombling Plodder (Welsh Womble)
Thankfully it wasn't a missed appointment so that is a positive for both Mum and the NHS. Hopefully all the tests re stroke, low BP and blacking out will answer some questions. Mum is slurring her words again - we originally thought this was to do with her Alzheimer meds, perhaps I should have queried this before - but at least she is now being reviewed and having the full works. I am visiting next month so hopefully we will now more then and I will feel a bit better for seeing them.
XB sorry to hear that, it must be very frightening and confusing for your MiL.
My Dad lost his vision without any warning and was in work at the time. I can remember him saying how he felt (at the time he thought someone was playing a trick on him by turning off the lights in the filing room).
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Feb 2020
9:18pm, 18 Feb 2020
2,904 posts
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ThorntonRunner
Currently trying to sort out a stair lift for my parents, and am tending towards Acorn Stairlifts. Has anyone had experience of them or recommendations of others?
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