tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301247046096444193.post4998186116543690350..comments2023-05-02T15:29:28.353+01:00Comments on Lily has another go: I could have scratched all night, I could have scratched all night, and still have scratched some more.....Lilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674290059708540185noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301247046096444193.post-88526417613756950932010-07-27T22:44:58.559+01:002010-07-27T22:44:58.559+01:00That's really sad RN, I don't know which i...That's really sad RN, I don't know which is worse, not being able to visit your mum or making that enormous journey only to be a stranger. I wonder whether, if her eyesight and hearing are ok, a computer link up via Skype or something similar would bridge the gap or would it just confuse her further? <br />Greg, I think you may be right about the skin as diagnostician - mine always flares up when something's amiss, although usually its emotional rather than nutritional distress to blame. Can you get time sensitive chronic fatigue? I really struggled to stay awake in a meeting this afternoon again, just sitting still while someone talks or a DVD plays has the same effect as someone sneaking up behind me with a pad of chloroform. Thanks for the good luck wishes - another pound lost tonight, making just 9 pounds left to lose. Doubt I'll make it before the cruise but I'm just happy its still coming off.Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07674290059708540185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301247046096444193.post-79674655969967500592010-07-27T09:03:28.406+01:002010-07-27T09:03:28.406+01:00Ha Ha, I always used to put my youthful appearance...Ha Ha, I always used to put my youthful appearance down to "all the chocolate fat pushing the wrinkles out".. I think I look closer to my true age this year, but I'd rather look my age and not be about to die from various obesity-related nasties. Mind you, I have moments where I love chocolate more than life, it would seem.<br /><br />It occurs to me that the skin is not only our largest organ but can also be a bit of a diagnostician in its own right - could the itchiness be your body trying to tell you something? Might you have developed a new food sensitivity, perhaps? I discovered only this month, to my absolute horror, that I have a sensitivity to tomatoes which saw me losing consciousness after a bowl of Gazpacho - who knew there was a link between lovely toms and Chronic Fatigue? The internet, that's who...<br /><br />Our Mothers both benefit from being surrounded by bustle. I'm so relieved that yours is relaxing now and appreciating her surroundings. I hear you about colluding with delusions - I still struggle, but remember most of the time to let things go. Well done - really - on the sewn labels. I feel so guilty that I didn't do the same. I did order some online and they were all ready to be sewn into Mum's clothing before she went into her Care Home after her stay with me, but that last month was such a blur of sleeplessness and horror at Mum's decline and at the frightening decisions I was making - I simply didn't have it in me to make that final step. And that's how I lost Mum's entire wardrobe of fancy clothes within a few months. Thankfully, she just doesn't know and is happy.<br /><br />Good luck with your final weeks of weight loss before the cruise!Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15270177252139637687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301247046096444193.post-44756978220289397282010-07-27T03:41:01.350+01:002010-07-27T03:41:01.350+01:00I do hope you get some relief from your itching. ...I do hope you get some relief from your itching. That really must be driving you batty.<br /><br />How good that your mother is awar of your visits. I haven't seen my mother since I was in Georgia in Feb and found her totally unaware of who I was. She had suffered a frontal lobe stoke and was in atrial fibrillation. After a week's hospitalization, we got her into extended care near my brother's home in Atlanta and, after another week, I came back to California. She, to this day, hasn't a clue who we are. She is 86. I lost my nursing job a year and a half ago, retired ( with an income drop of $90,000/year ) so I can't even go and visit.RNSANEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841873957894861725noreply@blogger.com