A BIG HELLO TO YOU BRENDA AND WYE AND ALL......YES IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE LAST CHATTED AND SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED. fIRSTLY THOUGH HOW ARE YOU BOTH? I HOPE YOUR EYE OP WAS A SUCCESS WYE,I KNOW YOU WERE DREADING IT AND YOU ARE A BRAVE LADY, NOT A GREAT EXPERIENCE AY?BUT WORTH IT I AM SURE. I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR RECOVERY. OH BRENDA YOU POOR LOVE, I HAVE WATCHED MR DOLLY FALL SO MANY TIMES THIS YEAR AND IT REALLY SHAKES YOU UP DOESN'T IT? I HOPE THE PHYSIO WILL HELP, YOU TRY SO HARD MATEY BUT YOU KEEP YOUR HUMOUR WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT. I BOUGHT MY MAN A ROLLATOR, REC BY THE NEURO PHYSIO AS HIS BALANCE HAS BEEN SO POOR AND KEPT FALLING BACKWARDS. IT HAS 4 WHEELS AND A SEAT, HE CAME HOME FROM HOSPITAL YESTERDAY AFTER YET ANOTHER BRAIN OP!! AND WE HAD A STROLL TODAY AND HE ENJOYED IT.
YEP SINCE MY LAST POST SADLY HE GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE....IT SEEMED THE FIRST OP TO REMOVE THE TUMOUR WAS A SUCCESS BUT AS THE WEEKS WENT BY HE FELL MORE, BECAME VERY CONFUSED AND FORGETFUL, WEAK WITH BLADDER INCONTINENCE. FINALLY ONE EVE I FOUND HIM ON THE FLOOR HE HAD NO IDEA HOW HE GOT THERE AND I PRESSED HIS CARE ALARM BUTTON AND VERY SOON HE WAS BACK IN HOSPITAL. THE FLUID HAD BUILT UP IN THE BRAIN AGAIN AND HE HAD HYDROCEPHALUS QUITE BADLY, SO A SHUNT HAS NOW BEEN FITTED INTO THE BRAIN, DOWN THROUGH HIS NECK AND CHEST INTO HIS TUMMY WHERE THE FLUID IS DRAINED INTO THE BODY. hE HAS BEEN BACK IN HOSPITAL FOR 3 WEEKS AND IT IS SUCH AN AWKWARD PLACE TO REACH IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CAR. FRIENDS HAVE BEEN ANGELS AND WORKED OUT ROTAS TO TAKE IT IN TURNS TO GET ME UP THERE EVERY DAY, WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN IT REALLY SHOWS YOU WHO ARE TRUE MATES...I WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO THEM ALL AND HAVE DECIDED ONCE MR D IS STRONGER WE WILL HAVE A PARTY FOR THEM AND THE THEME WILL BE MEDICAL (OF COURSE). iN FACT AS MR D HAS HAD 2 PRETTY LARGE INCISISIONS ON HIS HEAD BOTH TIMES COVERED WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE SANITARY TOWELS.....WE THOUGHT WHY NOT COME TO THE PARTY WEARING A PANTY LINER ON YOUR HEAD MAYBE PLAIN OR GLITTERED BUT YOU WONT GET IN WITHOUT ONE!!!!!!!! THEY ALL RECKON ITS AN ORIGINAL IDEA AND WILL DOIT FOR A LAUGH.
wHEN MR D WAS IN HOSPITAL HE GOT VERY LOW AND ONE NIGHT TRIED TO ESCAPE AND GET HOME TO ME 20 MILES AWAY, IN THE COLD, IN THE DARK AND IN HIS PYJAMAS. HE WAS WEARING A GREEN BAND WHICH INDICATED THAT HE WAS AT RISK OF FALLING AND SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE WARD WITHOUT ASSISTENCE EVEN TO THE BATHROOM, BUT THE NURSE THOUGHT THAT WAS WHERE HE WAS HEADING AND SAID SHE WAS HAPPY FOR HIM TO GO UNAIDED!!! IT WAS 20 MINS BEFORE THEY REALISED THAT HE HAD NOT RETURNED TO HIS BED!! BLESS HIM, SOMEHOW HE FOUND A SIDE DOOR UNLOCKED, NO CAMERAS AND HE MADE HIS WAY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND WAS FOUND EVENTUALLY BY AN OFF DUTY NURSE COLLAPSED BY THE MAIN ROAD AFTER HITTING HIS HEAD! IT IS THE STUFF NIGHTMARES ARE MADE OF, WHEN I GOT THE CALL I WAS FURIOUS AND HAD MANY QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE ANSWERED. THANKFULLY A CT SCAN SHOWED NO INTERNAL DAMAGE BUT WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF HE HAD NOT BEEN FOUND IS FRIGHTENING. HE SAID THAT HE JUST WANTED TO GET HOME TO ME. I HAVE A FULL INVESTIGATION GOING ON AT THE MOMENT AND HAVE GOT SEVERAL STATEMENTS,WHY WASNT HE CAUGHT ON CAMERA? WHY WAS HE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE WARD UNATTENDED? THERE WAS A FULL STAFF ON YET NOBODY STOPPED HIM, WHY WAS THE SIDE DOOR NOT LOCKED AND NO CAMERA WORKING? IT COULD HAVE ENDED FAR WORSE THAN IT DID AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GO THROUGH THIS, SO THAT IS WHY I WILL TAKE IT FURTHER.
hE IS HOME NOW THANK GOODNESS, HIS BALANCE HAS IMPROVED, HIS MEMORY AND CONFUSION HAVE IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY SINCE THE 2ND SURGERY AND THE INCONTINENCE UNDER CONTROL, I HAVE MY WONDERFUL MAN BACK, I AL SO PLEASED THAT HE HAS VERY LITTLE RECOLLECTION OF THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
nEXT STEP IS GETTING THE PROSTATE CANCER SORTED....WATCH THIS SPACE!!!
THEN TO CAP IT ALL MY VERY VERY OLD PUSS CAT DIED LAST NIGHT..............!!!!!!!!!!
MUST KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP SMILING GIRLS AY?????????????
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HOW YOU ARE.........LOVE DOLLY XXXXX