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Day 3
We continue in a positive vein. Jo is taking her Nana to a garden party tomorrow. This was inconceivable a short time ago. Mum still loses track of things. She’s phoned Gill a few times about shopping...
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Parenting a disabled child
My son, Ashley, has a list of disabilities. Readers from my old blog will be familiar with the problems we’ve encountered and the challenges we’ve overcome. Folk have asked how we cope: how we...
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Day 4
Just be mindful people. It’s funny, the older you get you more you see the same things coming back round. As a kid and in my early teens everyone seemed to know about meditation and yoga. It was seen...
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Logistics Spaghetti
Large families come with a non-edible spaghetti-like organisation. Last year we maintained 4 school diaries, Ashley’s medical appointments, Cerys’ medical appointments, Mum’s normal medical and...
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Entitled youth
It bothers me a little that many people seem to be developing a sense of entitlement. Let me tell you why. I donate blood and have done for decades. In the UK this is done through the National Health...
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Ah sweet misery
So, we’ve made some progress on the family front: Mainly the dementia my Mum is suffering unfortunately. Being taken off the drug that limits its progress wasn’t such a bright idea. Her memory is...
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Long day
Lordy, today was hard. It was never going to be easy but … I phoned the hospital and they said she’d normalised. Which is good. However, a visit to her house made us realise that diet is a real problem...
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Still Here
I’m aware that I’m neglecting this blog but a guy has to prioritise. Life updates are coming thick and fast. Heather is dating but I’ve yet to meet the lucky fella. She has late shifts at a bar in town...
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What if…?
Here’s a game to play. Imagine if just one of the life points you’ve richoted off didn’t happen. In the pinball machine of life we constantly make seemingly small decisions which put us on a new track....
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Alan
Reading has always been a big part of my life. As a kid I’d hide in Middle Earth or Narnia, spending quality time with the folk there. It was a better place to be than the erratic ever shifting world...
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Memorium Mori
The view from my car is pleasant. With my back to the old graveyard, I have a view of the English countryside before me. My small thermos of “posh coffee” is open and steaming up the windscreen as I...
View ArticleHappy New Year?
I doubt it. Since the last time I wrote Mum’s dementia has moved on a lot. We received a call in early December that she had had another fall. This time she was on the toilet and naked. Her Fall Alert...
View ArticleThe deed is done
It’s strange. The build up to Mum’s “internment” has been more dramatic than the actual event. To recall, she fell in December, banging her head and revealing to the doctors that her heart and diabetes...
View ArticleThoughts on Mum’s Alzheimer Dementia
I suppose it’s easy to overthink Mum’s dementia. It’s a brain disorder, an atrophy of abilities. In simpler terms it’s been described as the long goodbye. Each sufferer experiences it differently. So...
View ArticleAlzheimers: coping
It’s been some time since Mum’s Alzheimers accelerated. A fall in early December helped to highlight its progress. Now she is in a safe place where her medical needs are met and her safety is assured....
View ArticleWell, that’s a turn up for the books
I sent a letter to my brother – the one who responded to the first one in June. Just an update of Mum’s situation, her new address and how we’ve dealt with the house. He phoned and left a message while...
View ArticleAnother battle won
Why do people have to be so bloody arsey? Mum went into a care home two weeks ago and we’ve cleared the house. Well Gill has cleared it. Works like a Trojan she does. So having got rid of twenty years...
View ArticleA long goodbye
It’s Sunday so I went to get Mum from the care home. We’ve missed a couple to allow her to settle. She was ready to go but fast asleep with her fellow residents. I woke her gently and am sure the look...
View ArticleDementia Update
It’s been a weird few weeks. I was ill with the flu – the real type with pain and weakness, not the Man Flu. I went back to work too soon and paid the price, having to stay off some more. Then I hurt...
View ArticleLess of the same
Plan A was to leave off bringing Mum over for Sunday afternoon. The disturbance she caused when she got back last time was too much to truck on a weekly basis. However, after a reassuring call from the...
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