Good morning everyone
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What?! Wednesday? Only?!
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Looks like a lot of us are at a stage in life where our parents are a passing generation. My mum returned from hospital back to the old age home after 2 weeks, now she can’t walk and is permanently confused, where as before, she was just confused sometimes. She also has T2 diabetes now. It has been a rough time. She still remembers me but not her friends in the old age home.
Getting old sucks.
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Hectic man, my parents are not quite at that stage yet, but I know it’s coming. My dad’s needing to go for a knee replacement surgery soon. Seeing him walking with a stick he looked the picture of my Opa (grandfather) was quite a sobering sight.
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Good work, man!
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Its a terrible thing to realise isn’t it. I am constantly worrying about both my parents. But at least we found dad a new GP who is fantastic, she had a look at him today and added him to her patient roster, she does home visits no worries. And she put us at ease and also kakked us out to look after ourselves more. She did a lot to put my mind at ease with dad’s condition and general health.
But I will say this again, guys if you don’t yet, put a plan in place for when this kind of thing happens. If you want a DNR you NEED it in writing or else the docs will do all they can. And then you sit in the same boat where you know your parent never wanted this and now its their biggest nightmare come to life.
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I wished I asked my mom about a DNR 2 years ago. Since then she has had significant memory loss. Now she does not know what the question means ;-(
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I understand that so well. My dad has always lived in fear of this day, but he never put a living will into action. And for some reason he avoided it at all costs but still followed his passion of racing.
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In some ways I am fortunate in that my mom owns nothing, not even the clothes she wears. Her retirement money got stolen by someone, I cannot find any trace by who. If dark thoughts would be made reality, that person would suffer an eternity. Despite all this, ABSA still insists she has debt she has to pay, when she literally has nothing other than her SASSA money, which the old age home gets in its entirety.
I buy her smokes (which I hate doing, but it keeps her happy) and yummies/clothes every now and then.
On the point of dementia, if you suspect, even in the slightest that your parent is suffering from it. Make sure you lock down their accounts with power of attorney. I wish I had done that years ago, she would still have her savings and I would not have this poison in my soul of hating a single individual that I will never know who it is.
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Morning all!
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Hello julle! 
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Aweh mah se kinners.
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Morning people of the palace
Have a great day
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Hey guys. Was at home affairs from 8 until now to renew my passport. Hells bells they could do a lot of streamlining.
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Peeks and waves
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Sourced some brand new sealed aftermarket controllers for the OG xbox for dirt cheap paid R100 per controller
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Haven’t seen those in yonks.
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3kgs of dog treats done and dusted…
No water again so i cant clean up
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Friday, Friday! Gonna have fun on Friday!
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