To BayDolphin

[MakersDozn]

Hi again BayDolphin,

Just wanted to move the discussion about your mother's health to this board.

Our father yelled at the nurses and the aides, too. He was 72 years old at the time, and he had never had that kind of serious illness. Even though the doctors said he would get better, he was afraid that he wouldn't.

We didn't like seeing him afraid, and we wished that we could do more to help him. We had to trust that the doctors and nurses were doing their best.

Does your mother have any friends who visit her? Or a counselor or someone like that?

MDs

[BayDolphin]

no she a lone n she dont beleve in God. most of us do tho! she only has us. our father drownd in pool a few yrs ago. she is 75. the drs say she mite have 6 mons. we try to help her but it makes our stomik hurt when she screams at pepal. the vry lil girls still vry afrad of her. some girls still hate her cuz she didnt stop him. some stil want her to love them. the pepal in the hosp do not lik her yellin. makin things all mixed up. we alone too cept our T n 4 cats n 1 dog n 1 fish.

[MakersDozn]

We understand about having mixed feelings. It can be hard, especially for the younger folks.

Your mother doesn't have to have sp*r*tual beliefs to be seen by a counselor. Hospitals usually have a social-work department or something like that to help patients with the different aspects of getting better, including their mental health.

Have you talked to your therapist about this? Maybe your therapist can give you some ideas about how your mother can get help.

MDs

[BayDolphin]

(12-14-2012, 12:03 PM)MakersDozn Wrote: We understand about having mixed feelings. It can be hard, especially for the younger folks.

Your mother doesn't have to have sp*r*tual beliefs to be seen by a counselor. Hospitals usually have a social-work department or something like that to help patients with the different aspects of getting better, including their mental health.

Have you talked to your therapist about this? Maybe your therapist can give you some ideas about how your mother can get help.

MDs

We will see our T today and ask for ideas. Ty that was a really good suggestion.

[BayDolphin]

Hi MDs

that was a very good idea. we got our mother home and she is going to have a nurse visit every day. she is going to have pallative chemo so she mite live a little longer. we are going to take her to that every week. they said she can have hospice after the chemo. they said she mite be able to live maybe 6 more months. we have alot of crying.

BayDolphin

[MakersDozn]

BayDolphin,

We're glad that we were able to help.

MDs