The Boy on Top
So sorry about your mum, Boy.
The thing about head injuries is that neurologists generally quote a figure of about ten years before you know what things are going to be like for the rest of their life. That's a hell of a lot of time for change and development, and for you to rebuild a relationship with this newly damaged person.
All the best to you both.
I think it's completely natural to be tempted, though your sister is right of course. It is very, very sad and I wish you all the best in dealing with the loss of a previous life, of sorts anyway.
Oh! You've moved! Will go and track you down. And thank you. TB
mmmmmm.....don't let it eat away at you mate or yours'll be a life not ruined but less happy.
Like I said. I'm the baseball bat 'n you're the good guy.
I think you're the better man for it for what it's worth.
Oh, I don't. Its just been a week with a double whammy of bad news. My mum, despite it all remains happy and cheerful, how can I not do the same? Thanks. TB
That she is happy and cheerful seems to me to be the most important thing, almost to the point of saying the other things aren't important at all.
I recently met (in hospita) an elderly lady who had been a surgeon before she retired (and was evidently accustomed to command), is in good physical nick, but severely demented; she couldn't remember anything for more than a few minutes. She was not happy; she knew there was something wrong and that her control over her own life was rapidly disappearing, but she couldn't work out what was going on. She mostly roamed restlessly around asking the rest of us the same insistent questions (Why am I here? Is this a mental hospital? Where is my purse? Why is my car?) every few minutes.
Not sure where I'm going with this, but something to do with although your mother's situation is very sad, it could be even worse.
Presumably, if you are taking legal action, you can't contact the person whose fault it is? to describe to him exactly what he has done. A sort of psychological baseball bat.
I know this, and you are totally correct. However, it hits and hurts sometimes.
As for the other person, no we've been advised not to contact until the case is clear. Once its done though a little bit of reality therapy will be called for. TB
Ugh, I'm sorry to read this, even if I am a bit late. Is there ability for improvement?
In terms of cognitive function or short term memory damage, likely not. Its been a couple years now and she's almost 80, so we're told she's probably plateued to the end of her days. Still, she's remained the happy ebulent social woman personality wise so its not all bad. TB
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