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A more than muddled Tuesday
There is no Tuesday TV this week 🙁 Mum has been a bit wobbly so we thought maybe Tesco wasn’t a good idea – I went on my own instead, and while it took a lot less time than usual, … Continue reading
Posted in dementia, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday, Tuesday blanket, Tuesday TV
Tagged Aunt, confusion, Eplilepsy, knitting
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Neighbourhood (Mummy W) watch
You might have read a few posts ago that Mum was recently rescued from a hedge while on the little walk she does regularly. As this is something that is more likely rather than less likely to happen in the … Continue reading
The Grump, The Smile, and the Nursey Percy Tuesday
The Grump: Having been told that we can’t even go on the NHS waiting list for a memory assessment for Mum as it’s so long, but that we are on a waiting list to go on the waiting list – … Continue reading
Posted in dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday
Tagged Eplilepsy, heart condition, memory assessment, nursey Percy, private doctor, rollercoaster
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A Moderate or rough; mainly fair Tuesday.
Yesterday was a mixed bag. I had lovely Mum when I was videoing, slightly nuts Mum is Tesco (she got obsessed with finding ‘the thing that hasn’t bee there for ages but we used to get and I know where … Continue reading
Posted in dementia, looking after Mum, memory, muddled life guide, stroke, Tuesday, Tuesday TV
Tagged muddled life, Percy, shouting, Tuesday TV
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The more chaotic than usual Tuesday
Why? Because I decided to help my sisters out with summer holiday child care I’d have Little Pea and Little Wisp along on my Tuesday with Mummy W. It was chaos…but good chaos mostly 🙂 (Although the lovely cashier in … Continue reading
Posted in dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday, Tuesday TV
Tagged knitting, Little Pea, Little Wisp
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The Puzzle solving Tuesday
It turns out that Mum has forgotten that she is a demon knitter. Post stroke and with her slightly muddled head it’s the skill she could still do without thinking. Last winter we had hats and scarves made for us … Continue reading
Posted in dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday, Tuesday blanket, Tuesday TV, Uncategorized
Tagged knitting, Tuesday TV
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Log flumes and Rollercoasters
Last Tuesday I took Mum to have lunch with a friend. Then I went for lunch with a friend. And it was lovely. But apart from that, last Tuesday was a tricky day. When I got to Mum and Dads … Continue reading
Posted in COPD, dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday
Tagged cancer, remission, rollercoaster
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Broaching a tricky subject…and not being amazingly successful 🤦🏼♀️
After our hospital excitement the week before last I took both Mum and Dad to their GP; Mum because the hospital told me to in order to get her an MRI scan and Dad because his breathing was worse than … Continue reading
Posted in COPD, dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday, Tuesday TV
Tagged additional Pog, carers
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The Dog based Tuesday
This week at Tesco after buying a large number of puddings (to try to entice Dad to eat a little more): And balancing these with – shock, horror!- fresh vegetables (because the steps to the cellar which houses the freezer … Continue reading
Posted in COPD, dementia, dogs, family, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday, Tuesday TV
Tagged dogs, family, Mum's dog Nicky, pets
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Changes and a 999 call
I’ve always been a bit fascinated with change. I think my biggest personal change was going from a quite committed spinster life in a teeny tiny house in Bumpkinsville, filled almost entirely with me, Norman cat, an awful lot of … Continue reading
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