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My mums coming out of hospital tomorrow after falling and breaking her hips few weeks ago. I’ve been back and forth to her house today and yesterday taking deliveries of stuff for her care organised by the hospital. Key safe for the carers, commode for the bedroom (please God, let the carers empty it, urgh!) and pendant alarm system in case she has a fall. Why they had to have three different deliveries and not one, I don’t know. Maybe a friend of a government minister has a delivery contract with the NHS……..
Wishing your mum all the best!
Did she have a hip replacement?
Andy
Did she have a hip replacement?
Andy
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It succeeded, even my cover injection site has started throbbing, don't worry I can cope
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MILs care package comes from different sources, pendant is from Lifeline, commodes etc from County Council,carers from council contractor, all in all pretty good, but with a few bumps along the way, she wants to stay in her home so we all muck in with the the exception of her eldest daughter who is the devil incarnate Ho Hum
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Tennis night tonight, only three turned up , this might be our last season
, this might be our last season
Thanks.Wishing your mum all the best!
Did she have a hip replacement?
Andy
Yeah. She actually fell over indoors and broke it. Ouch!
Fox feeding tonight
9 foxes
3 adults and 6 Cubs / youngsters
bunged a few tins of pal into the mix as a treat
Is that bait to lure them within range of the 12 bore?
My Mum fell over her slippers end of last year and broke a hip. Luckily she's bounced back (literally) quite quickly, though I imagine two at once will be trickier. Had to have a partial hip replacement (just the ball, not the socket). Told her to get out and walk as there's nothing stopping her apart from stuborness - as usual she never listens. Worse thing is not moving after hip op, keep everything going and rebuild the muscle. It's her third fall in as many years - and no submissions. Hope your Mum recovers soon.
The orthopod (and you) should tell her to drink lots of water.
not, as you might assume, to speed healing, but because she will have to keep getting up for a pee.
exercise is essential.
Put the chocolate biscuits just out of reach.
Provide sticks or a frame if necessary. One day she will get out of her chair and forget to pick it up, because it is no longer needed.
Tinned sardines are a good source of calcium for bones, you can get the tablets but they aren't very tasty. You used to be able to get them flavoured with milk, with Vit D, but I haven't seen them recently.
not, as you might assume, to speed healing, but because she will have to keep getting up for a pee.
exercise is essential.
Put the chocolate biscuits just out of reach.
Provide sticks or a frame if necessary. One day she will get out of her chair and forget to pick it up, because it is no longer needed.
Tinned sardines are a good source of calcium for bones, you can get the tablets but they aren't very tasty. You used to be able to get them flavoured with milk, with Vit D, but I haven't seen them recently.
Thanks for the tips. She's actuallty quite active around the house, does gardening, cooking, cleaning, etc. At 85 I suppose that's not bad. She's always avoided exercise, and I would have thought walking (she can actually walk and doesn't need sticks or frames) would be good for strength, balance and cardio. Offered to walk with her, but I'm pushing against a closed door. And yes, the chocolate digestives.................
Going a bit mutton, but won't get a hearing aid "because they're for old people".
Trouble is, my mum is her own worse enemy. Constantly smoking and not eating correctly - she insists on gluten free bread but eats one large apple pie per week! Insists on soya/non dairy milk but will then have some cream cakes and a bar of chocolate! Apart from hospital and GP visits, she hasn’t been out of her house for the last 5/6 years. She's had a 'pain' in her stomach for the last 20 years at least and must have had over a hundred scans/x-rays/MRI's etc and seen dozens of specialists who have found nothing unexpected for someone of her age and lifestyle. She calls an ambulance at least once a month, goes to hospital, scans, x-rays, paracetamol and sent home with an appointment for the pain management team which she subsequently cancels. Still she thinks they have missed something. Either my sister or I get the call "I’ve called an ambulance" and it’s like water off of a ducks back now. Always calls an ambulance at the beginning of the weekend when there are no specialists available until Monday so she gets a weekend in. Seems heartless but we have become hardened to it. We just tell her okay, see you when you get back. It’s in her head but she won’t have it and she’s seen specialists for that too. She’s been in nearly a month now, three weeks in a rehab centre and hardly a mention of the hip but still complaining about her stomach. They’ve told her they can do nothing for the stomach and she must go home, see her GP and be referred to a specialist. Round we go again.
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