Not sure what to do !!!

Hi @Shaz51 I hope you get good results from all your medical tests. As if you didn't have enough going on already!

@Darcy, @Smc , @eth , @outlander , @Dec , @Appleblossom , @Jacques , @Determined , @greenpea , @Faith-and-Hope , @Former-Member , @Adge

it is suppose to be raining here

but no rain yet , I think the LOW is sucking aall the rain up to make a cyclone up here , we will soon see

we did 4 hours gardening at mum`s this morning

relaxing this afternoon

mum has a very sore hip today , she recon it was not bad , but she let me take her washing home

and I closed the house up and put the aircon on for her and she had some aspro ( which i hadto make sure she took some tablets

hoping she is sleeping now and wakes up feeling better

My MIL nearly ended up in hospital because of her eyes , the doctor has got her eye pressure down and now wait and see what happens

both mr shaz and i are aching this afternoon

mr shaz turned 60 this weekend

wonder if you can have a gall bladder attack without having gall stones ???

@Smc , what you said is very trueabout dementia

when my mum and my MIL tells me thigs I take it like i have heard it for the first times

mum will tells me things that her sister said at morning tea a few days ago ( i was there too )

sometimes my mum and MIL will be telling me something and then they will say " ohh i told you that , didnt I )

my aunty will tell mum and say she is silly ( I do not like this at all )

@eth , @Former-Member , @outlander , @Owlunar , @Bunniekins

@Shaz51, replied over on @outlander's thread...

I sort of had a sneak preview of dementia years ago, when I had neurosurgery. My short term memory function was messed up for a while. Is not pleasant being told that you've already said something twice, and having no memory at all of doing so. And I was always the one who kept the family events "diary" in my head, without having to write it down. Started keeping a paper diary when our Younger Son missed a school excursion that we'd all forgotten about.

Hi @Shaz51 @Smc @eth @Former-Member @outlander

I remember seeing a tapestry when my grandmother was in a nursing home and it read

Blessed are those who never say you've already said that twice today

Indeed - anyone who can listen peacefully to someone who is lonely and really - just wants to talk - let them talk - I did visit Dad's mother for 13 years and never felt the need to remind her she had already told me that - I just let her tell me here stories and to this day I don't know if they were the truth - but they were her truth

I don't like it that your aunty tells your Mum she's silly either - that's pretty silly in itself - we all have one or both of two things that are sure in our future - some of us will get older and even old

My Dad would be 100 tomorrow if he was still here -

Dec

Totally agree @Owlunar

I visit an old lady in a nursing home as part of my weekly volunteering. She has dementia, but is obviously a very intelligent and well travelled lady. She has some great travel stories, many Im sure are factual, as I have seen many of her photos. Others, such as her trip to the moon and to The Arctic with santa clause, are clearly not. But she believes them. Some days I tell her a dozen times withun 10 mins what is on their lunch menu. But each time she asks, and I patiently tell her again, its new to her. I dont know how many times I told her my Mum died last year. She still asks how she is every week, and I tell her as if for the first time, that she passed away last year.

But shes a lovely old girl, and a pleasure to visit and spend time with. It will be her 90th birthday tomorrow, and I will be visiting her. Very oddly, she always remembers my name. The staff are akways amazed about that.

Hi @Shaz51 ... How are you today, after having chest pains yesterday?

How are you today, after having chest pains yesterday? -- stil the same there @Former-Member , but not as bad

seeing doctor tomorrow with mum , so see what happens

My mIL is not coping well with her eyes this week xx

thank you @Former-Member, @Owlunar

@Smc , @eth , @Former-Member

@Smc , my mum seems ok sometimes and then she has bad days xxx

ohhh what a day @Former-Member , @Owlunar , @Smc , @eth , @Former-Member , @Bunniekins , @Appleblossom , @Adge , @outlander , @Determined

cleaned and mowed my mum`s place

this afternoon appts

my MIL eyes pressure has decressed , sooo much pain

my mum is extra tired and the doctor is happy xxxx

I now have Metabolic Acidosis

and then got all the meds from the chemist

and then mowed another lawn before going home

sooo tired now

Are you still having the sweating when you eat @Shaz51

sweat all the time @Former-Member

coughing now and again throughout the day