Alzheimers
Daily challenges
23/04/18 15:26
Always need to be 2 steps ahead so we have any answers that may be needed and know where "missing" items can be found… Read More…
Full time carer
17/04/18 13:45
How quickly you can forget the way it used to be and how quickly you get in to a routine of taking over, which I have to stop myself from doing. Read More…
Steady decline. Depression?
17/12/17 12:49
We have daily challenges and are now resigned to living here permanently. To be honest it has worked out well. Our aunt and uncle live in Norfolk, they are quite isolated, uncle has dementia, aunt is his carer, she doesn't drive and he is no longer capable of driving safely. Our plan is to move aunt and uncle to our house so they are close and we can all help and support each other.
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Next episode
30/10/17 13:01
We seem to be in a steady state despite a few ups and downs. Plan is to go away for 2 nights, to see how things go and as mum has been sleeping better she is more stable. Read More…
A turning point
02/06/17 10:34
Phone calls at 3 & 4 in the morning, mum asking if we could get dad to pick her up Read More…
The shock factor
31/12/16 10:03
Losing a husband
16/06/16 14:29
Dad didn't get better. The treatment just didn't agree with him and didn't seem to be working. Finally he was so bad I had to take him to A&E, I won't go in to how hard it was to get some help or advice that morning. The GP's would have taken too long to see him, the cancer team at QA had no advice but to go to A&E.
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The next blow
10/10/15 13:44
Someone else to focus on
By mid 2015 we thought things were getting back to normal, cancer treatment finished and as far as we knew successful. Little did we realise something just as traumatic was about to happen.
Dad told us he had kidney cancer, it had spread to the lung and he was starting oral chemotherapy immediately. I naively thought he would sail through the treatment in the same way mum had, how wrong could I be. I now needed to be there to support both of my parents. Read More…
Other factors
12/09/13 10:24
Affects of surgery?
Arthritis in one shoulder was making mums life really hard, she was trying different solutions offered by the doctor and avoiding the inevitable question of surgery. Terrified of an operation she had to finally admit that it may be the only solution. Read More…The idea of something wrong
12/09/12 20:14
First Signs
I don't have any clear recollection of the exact time I noticed conversations with my mother were a bit different. Our relationship has never been simple so I try to keep telephone calls and face to face meetings to simple topics that would not involve debate, too much discussion or anything that could lead to a difference of opinion. Read More…