tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post5010979340597852813..comments2024-02-22T13:40:45.894+11:00Comments on Happy Antipodean: Back to see mum after more than a week awayMatthew da Silvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-59653525274732053622016-03-17T17:54:48.791+11:002016-03-17T17:54:48.791+11:00Thanks, Matt. Yes. Very much so. Often compounded,...Thanks, Matt. Yes. Very much so. Often compounded, too, in her case by things like urinary tract infections, and particular forms of medication (have to watch 'em like hawks to make sure a visiting locum doesn't prescribe some things she is particularly affected by!). <br />Oliver Sacks produced some great writing on such matters, particularly auditory hallucinations and the like. If you RodHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16123909218696042008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-54345156015777126492016-03-17T17:06:02.627+11:002016-03-17T17:06:02.627+11:00I'm sorry to say it but it sounds like your mu...I'm sorry to say it but it sounds like your mum is having paranoid delusions. I know because as part of my own disease I have had them. They can be very upsetting, so I feel for your mum. All the best to you and her.Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-29342819164584325712016-03-17T16:46:18.702+11:002016-03-17T16:46:18.702+11:00Its a tough old time of life, eh. Very similar wit...Its a tough old time of life, eh. Very similar with my old mum, now 94, who lived here with us for over 20 years before falls and a subdural haematoma saw her have to move to a nursing home just around the corner.<br /><br />The hard thing at the moment is "hearing voices. We see her very few days, but each time it is the same conversation about a woman who she "hears" has 'RodHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16123909218696042008noreply@blogger.com