15-12-2021 10:47 AM
15-12-2021 10:47 AM
Aw, I love a good laugh and I'm so pleased to hear you and your mum can share that together. Those little moments are really special
15-12-2021 10:58 AM
15-12-2021 10:58 AM
Hi @Shaz51, I've just caught up with this thread. I hope you're having a better few days with you mum, it sounds like maybe this morning is off to an okay start?
05-01-2022 03:02 PM
05-01-2022 03:02 PM
05-01-2022 03:11 PM - edited 05-01-2022 03:12 PM
05-01-2022 03:11 PM - edited 05-01-2022 03:12 PM
omg patience - yes that was very hard for my hubby towards his mum
@Shaz51 xx
05-01-2022 03:19 PM
05-01-2022 03:19 PM
yes totally agree @BlueBay
patience, my aunty get cranky with her sister ( my mum )
I am ok most of the time , but upset me when she says things to me
i try to remember it is the dementai talking not her , but it is soo hard
and it upsets mr shaz to see me upset
05-01-2022 03:38 PM
05-01-2022 03:38 PM
I think the biggest thing @BlueBay , @Former-Member
is when they say the unexpected things you are off so surprised that i dont know how to respond
05-01-2022 03:46 PM
05-01-2022 03:46 PM
Oh I can empathise with that one, @Shaz51. Many a time my loved one will say some quite cutting/surprising, and you do not want to be standing in line for those! I try to remember that this is her brain misfiring, it isn't her, and that really helps to take the sting out/not personalise it.
Hugs to you and your mum, @Shaz51. Did you manage to have a nice Xmas?
05-01-2022 03:54 PM
05-01-2022 03:54 PM
yes @Former-Member
Step D1 and SIL came in the morning
had christmas morning tea with mum
it was nice christmas lunch at my cousins
mum did not come as she finds the steps too hard and there were too many
soo you can imagine what we came home to
but then i found the real reason behind it as she was in lots of pain ( she has reoccuring bowel obstructions and she had broken her hip a few years ago ) but would not go to the hospital
she know what to do and it should be better by morning
05-01-2022 04:03 PM
05-01-2022 04:03 PM
Oh no, the poor thing, and hugs to you for supporting her through that @Shaz51 💚
05-01-2022 04:18 PM
05-01-2022 04:18 PM
Hope you had a nice Christmas and a holiday @Former-Member
Our holiday was relaxing
We have cut back on our workload as I am mum's carer And Mr shaz MI is stress
He had a sleep this afternoon
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