hi everybody hope you have had a good christmas..i am sorry to bother you all again after the rollercoaster with dads health,an the upset of his death,so quickly.I am now here becauce of mums...
I am sorry your husband is so ill, i can not give you advice on how long he has to live,as otheres have said sometimes this disease plays with our heads.just as we think our loved ones may be a...
hi everybody, as you know my dad has passed away with this disease.As he always dealt with mums cirrhosis appointments an went to the specialist with her ,he used to tell us mum was fine,handling it...
hello everybody sadly my dad passed away at 8am our time,he was in the hospice an we were all by his side,it was as would be expected very sad,but mum had come to terms with it all in the end,so by...
so sorry for the loss of your dad,i wish you an your family peace an know you did your best x...
thankyou for your comments they keep me going take care spooky x...
hello everyone, i hope you are all well an coping with your own problems as well as you can. My dad has now been transferred to the hospice,it is very nice place an calm an peacefull. We went th him...
hello everybody,dad is not now coming home ,he is too ill an the nursing staff at the hospital feel he would be better being cared fore in the hospice.i also think it would have been hard for mum to...
thankyou another trying day today at the hospital,dad is still holding his own.we left mum an dad together today an she seemed more at peace when she came out.The hospice nurse came to see him an...
dad is coming home to be with mum for the few weeks he has left.The doctors have given him weeks to live an said we have to take every day as it comes,he may die before he even gets out of...
hello everybody ..dad has passed the 24 hr crisis an he is holding his own.However they have said th edoctors it is only a matter of days or 2 to 3 weeks,as his kidneys an lungs are failing.I am sure...
Thankyou for all your replys,start of a day for us now of just been with dad,doctors are letting us visit whenever we want.My sister wants to stay day an night,but i have told her she cant do this or...
hi everyone i am now home from seeing dad in the hospital,he was drifting in an out of sleep.The doctors told us his body is shutting down now he has failure of other vital organs,an kidneys...
My mum an sis are at the hospital to visit dad,the doctor took my sister into a room an told her that dad is very ill not likely to come out of hospital.They have run tests an 3 of the vital organs...
just to let ya know hep ..i actually pressed the quick reply below where it says !quick reply! an then found i wrote more than expected. ok ? as for comment about mum been jealous of dad getting all...
i know i am asking a lot of questions today,but my sister just rang an the hospital has said they dont feel they want to drain him of fluid yet,he was in 5 weeks ago an they drained 11 ltrs,i dont...
sorry i ran out of space...i did ask the doctor gp yesterday about some kind of care for dad when he comes out of hospital this time(please god i hope he does)before now my parents have forbidden...
hi all i have to let you know just to get it off my chest we went to parents house yesterday,mum once again no idea dad so ill.He is just having a rest.My hubby went into the bedroom to see him,he...
sorry my mind is everywhere no hep he isnt on any blood pressure medication. x...
hi hep i actually saw the screen of the blood pressure reading becauce one medic showed the other one in front of me in a concerned way...89 was on the top line an 48 wqs the bottom line??he showed...
Hi all dad is back in hospital today emergency admission the doc is still sying the ammonia level not that high.??He is having problems with the ascites an high potassium but very low blood...
ohh boomer you get it all out,i have often on here.Its hard isnt it ?The change of personality is one if the worst to deal with i think,becauce you dont know this person they have become,so you are...
hi hep hope you are feeling well? i will read pennys post in a minute...how awfull to think that this behavior from my poor dad will get worse,what do we have to wait for before we can ask the doctor...
oh arneeb thanks for that an all the work you put in,however we live in the uk an as far as i know,you are tested again at age 80 i believe an if you ok you can continue driving!!!!been behind lots...
hi all..i have been to the parents today an they are looking quite bad mum bruised an broken her foot,bruises all on her back an shoulder.Dad is cut an bruised hurt his back.The gp has visited this...
oh dear i realise how this reads back,once again i am afraid of coming off the topic of the health problem an it is about woo is me.Idont mean this to come across as poor me,its just that you people...
hi everyone i have already posted on the main page about my parents problems,especially with the driving.Iam so frustrated as he acts like a 2 year old when we try to take the car keys off him.I have...
hi all ..what a week we have had.if members will remember my parents wanted to go to a seaside resort here which was a 2 hour drive away.i had advice on here of taking the keys off my dad,hiding...
hi again you really cant blame yourself love!!she had the choice after all to give up the drink,i think it is natural for you at the moment to be sad an feel guilty,we all do this when we think we...
dear marge how awfull for you to watch your friend go through this,any age is bad enough but in one so young it is a waste of a life, i hope you get over the upset of this an learn to if not forgive...
hi hep hope you are well at the moment...Dad is not on lactolose,i cant understand why not but i know his blood pressure is low thats why i think he is falling,he also has the low blood sodium.I do...
i too read through my posts an feel i too tend to moan as you put it,however i have also learnt a lot about my dads condition on here.if i was new here i would be put off from posting now.i think you...
hi everybody thought i would post a new thred,the other was getting kind of long.The problem is my dad has now started to get really stubborn,he insists on driving,an my sister followed him in her...
hi everybody,Mydad has just started his long journey with liver cirrhosis as some of you will remember,my mum also has cirrhosis however not in the same way,she has been stable for 6 years.Dad went...
pink grandma thankyou so much.Ithink you have hit the nail on the head,thats an english expression of seeing the light.i think you are right an it is thier way of coping,for mum as well.You see they...
hi everybody its only 16 days ago i reported here that dad was a lot better after having been i n hospital to be drained of 11 litres of fluid.He did well for thew first 10 days even bought a jet...
hi kathindy,welcome to the forum it is really good to know there are others out there who have the same querys an worries about this type of illness,so i know you will be answered,i am from the uk so...
dear amberlight what a journey you have come through in the last 4 years,your mum is at peace now,this at least is some comfort.we dont want our loved ones to suffer any more,look after you now an i...
vent here i do it all the time..tell others what is the problem an they will help as they have me,it really helps to vent on here..i wish you well spooky...
hi everybody dad is now home from the hospital.He looks a lot better no swelling,He is eating a little more than normal,he is also not spending as much time in bed.The problem now is that my mum...
just realised i dont use any capital letters in my posts after full stops...i will rectify this..i just get on here an vent vent vent x...
hi thanks for answering all of my vents...also his blood sodium level is low,this also could be an indication he is going into kidney failure.something to do with ...they remove the fluid but it...
hi hep do you remember me enquiring as to why my father had pins an needles in his legs...well we have found out today the docs are keeping my dad in hospital becauce his potassium levels are low,an...
hi everybody its been 10 days now since i posted ..dad still in hospital they drained 12 litrs off his abdoman.apparantly now he has an infection,so he has to stay in hospital.i notice when he does...
hello jesmi i dont often post becauce i usually just want advice my self an feel i am no expert to be able to answer posters queries.however i can really relate to all you have said..i dont want to...
allie you have been through a lot with your mum however she seems to be a fighter from what i have read of your account of her.i dont think the doctors can or want to determine just how bad it is at...
hi again i have obviously not been going through this as long as you have,an as far as i know we here in the uk dont have anything like the act you mentioned.however when you are admitted to hospital...
thank god for a cyber family,it does help also that most of you are going through the same thing,so the understanding is there an the frustration is also understood. spooky x...
hep no he is not at all confused,he is quite optimistic he will be well again,its my mum an sis who keep telling me not to be so negative when i try to inform them of just what can an probably will...
worried girl that helps me so much an i uderstand your suffering,as i too am watching my dad go through this awfull disease,people around me ask "hows your dad doing" i say to them ok at the...