joanny's blog

what's happened

2010-02-28T00:21:55Z

what has happened to the old websight. if things are'nt hard enough they changen it.

Update on Mum

2009-01-10T22:23:08Z

Hi everyone thought I would give an update on mums condition. On Tuesday we take mum back for her first appointment since her surgery in December, we don't expect very good news either, she has jaundice now and has lost 7lbs in 5 weeks, she also suffers from dementia and it has escalated since her surgery, (we are fighting two illnesses here and the dementia is actually worse to deal with than the cancer). Last Saturday mum ripped out all her tubes from her neck, she told us she hated us and during the night she went out in the freezing cold in her nightdress and stopped a taxi, she told the driver we had kidnapped her and we're trying to kill her, the man was very kind and understanding (she was very lucky) and he asked her where we lived and he brought her home to us, I had to phone my sister and her husband to come and help us as my 23 year old daughter was so upset to see her grandma like this. I don't want to put my mum into hospital because I promised her I would keep her with me until the end but I am really struggling now and I don't know if I will be able to keep that promise. She is just a poor frail confused old lady and we love her with all our hearts. Joan xxx

Mums having Surgery

2008-11-12T12:21:21Z

Just got back from hospital with mum, she has decided she will go for the operation after all. We had quite a long talk with the Surgeon and she has explained everything to my mum, the risks of surgery and the complications which may arise after surgery and of course the consequencies if she decides not to have it, so mum has decided she will take her chances with surgery , although we felt once again the surgeon was trying to talk mum out of it, she goes into hospital on Wed 26th Nov, 08 and has surgery on Friday 28th Nov, 08. Mum got weighed again today and she has lost another 6lbs in just two weeks so the surgeon sent the dietician into us, she has put mum on a special diet to hopefully gain some weight over the next two weeks and has also given her some protien drinks, we also managed at last to get some pain relief sorted for her. In the next two weeks we are going to spoil mum rotten, we are even going to bring Xmas forward for her, we are going to decorate our trees and on Saturday 22nd Nov we will all gather at my sisters home for an early Xmas dinner and try to make it special for mum, we are not giving up we are just making memories. Thank you everyone for all your support and love. Joan and her mum. xxx