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[Shaz51]

well today has been a really mixedup day

we cleaned one house and while mr shaz was mowing a lawn

I did my mum`s house

when mr shaz came back he was sooo exhausted , I wondered if he had heat stroke .  soo we had the afternoon off

 got myself booked in for a diabetes eye check

had a utrasound last week and a fasting blood tests

all will be sent to my endocrinologist and kidney specialist

wondering what the specialists might say ??

mum has a appt next week

@Former-Member, @Smc , @eth , @outlander , @Owlunar , @Appleblossom , @Jacques , @Determined , @greenpea , @Faith-and-Hope 

[eth]

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

[Shaz51]

Hello @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 ???

[Shaz51]

@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 , @greenpea 

[Smc]

@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.

[Owlunar]

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

[Former-Member]

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?

[Shaz51]

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

[Shaz51]

ohhh what a day @Former-Member , @Owlunar , @Smc , @eth , @Former-Member , @greenpea , @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 

[Former-Member]

Are you still having the sweating when you eat @Shaz51