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Archive for 17/04/2007

UPDATE ON MUM.

EVENING OF 17TH APRIL 2007. RECENTLY MUM HAS BEEN WAKING FROM SLEEP DURING THE NIGHT HAVING HAD A NIGHTMARE, ON ONE OCCASION AWAKENING TO FIND HERSELF HALF WAY ACROSS THE DARKENED ROOM COMPLETE WITH NIGHT BAG WITHOUT KNOWING HOW SHE HAD GOT THERE.  AND LAST NIGHT SHE HAD A PARTICULARLY FRIGHTENING NIGHTMARE. SHE THOUGHT THAT THESE HAPPENINGS HAD STARTED AT THE TIME SHE STARTED TAKING THE TWO SEDATIVE TABLETS TO HELP HER SLEEP. THE SEDATIVES WERE “ZIMOVANE” WHICH WHEN INPUT TO GOOGLE REVEALED THAT HALLUCINATIONS AND NIGHTMARES COULD BE SIDE EFFECTS, PARTICULARLY FOR OLD PEOPLE. AS A RESULT SHE HAS TONIGHT DISCONTINUED HER SEDATIVES AND EXCHANGED THEM FOR SMALL DOSE OF ORAMORPH. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL PUT THE MATTER TO RIGHTS.

SHE DESCRIBED TODAY AS A “GOOD DAY”, IT STARTED WITH HER REFRESHING TUESDAY BATH AND PAMPERING. SHE THEN DOZED BETWEEN A COUPLE OF VISITS FROM LOCAL FRIENDS BUT WAS TIRED AND READY FOR BED BY 5PM. SHE WAS IN BED AT 6PM AND, AFTER HER ORAMORPH AND HORLICKS, WAS READY FOR SLEEP SOON AFTER 8PM.

HER DOCTOR HAS ARRANGED ANOTHER BLOOD TEST THIS WEEK SO THAT SHE CAN HAVE THE RESULT BEFORE SHE DEPARTS FOR YET ANOTHER HOLIDAY NEXT WEEK.

MUM SENDS HER LOVE TO YOU ALL,

ME TOO,

TED

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