General Chat

Just read thru ...pleased he is home ...

Sharron, I know that you are not the patient but I often wonder......"who cares for the Carer?"

Sharron you may not be the patient but you certainly have a lot of patience.

We had a nurse come out this morning to carry out observations on him because he had been sent home from hospital.

She said she didn't think there was any real reason for her to be there so she need not come back.

If I ever find out he was coming it yesterday he will have a genuine reason for being in hospital I can tell you!

You wouldn't think there had ever been anything wrong with the old bugger today!

Fred phone social service - quickly :-D :-D :-D

Sharron - You love him really <3

Pleased to here Fred's home again in your tender care. :-)

Glad to read the ""man of the house"" :-D is coming along with change of pills,,,,,,that bus ride home from the hospital the other day must have taken more out of him than was realised.

A couple more dumplings Fred and you'll be jumping through hoops..

:-D

Sadly Sharron you are "just" the carer and if you want respite then you have to pay. I think you are amazing. :-D :-D :-D :-D

I am glad Fred is back and the change of pills seem to be working.

Actually Uzzi, I could get some respite. In fact, the night Fred had to go into a home because of the power cut was charged to Social Services as respite for me.

Fred hated it and came home on the bus before we could order him a taxi.

I do get much more help than I ever expected, probably much more than I deserve.

Bodily functions are nothing to do with me, in fact I hardly ever touch Fred, for which he should be extremely grateful!

His saint of a mate does all the adventuring with him, for which I cannot express enough admiration and gratitude.

My role is administration really. I am the fat controller.

This is the problem with any type of respite. I have all the knowledge of how to go about and get things. (Anybody remember Bill Maynard in The Gaffer when the staff decided they could run the works better so he let them?)

I have come home from an afternoon out to find Fred's mate trying to work out who to call because of some crisis. It always leads to something worse for me to sort out if anybody else steps in.

I would be more stressed away from it for a night than I ever could be by listening all night and having a couple off hours when he is up.