Chapter 217 - Some Good News Perhaps
Two weeks ago I contacted ACAT to arrange some emergency "respite" help for her. I was told "we will contact you in the next two weeks to make an appointment for an interview". Well, they have until tomorrow. A month ago I called them, leaving a message on their answering machine but they never returned the call. On the last occasion the need was a little greater because the day before I blacked out - but that's another story. I used to keep an accurate daily record of her problems until doing so became a depressing chore. I am now recording each time she calls me for help; those situations where she would experience great difficulty if no one was available to assist her - getting on/off the loo, showering, drying, dressing, rising from chairs, freezing in inconvenient places. None of these problems are predicable, they change day by day. Help needs to be at hand 24 hours a day. If I were not here the consequences may not be dire but certainly stressful and messy.
She has found smelling menthol eases the shuddering shivers she has across her shoulders. These shivers tend to occur now when she lays on the bed. She uses a nasal decongestant "stick" or smells the horrible (to me) pain relief rub she often applies to her legs & back. An interesting association.
We have been travelling up to the small country town for Bowen treatment each fortnight. She never complains about sharp pains any more, just dull aches in her lower body. The travelling & small cost is negligible compared with the benefit. She has not asked to use the treadmill in weeks (I always help her on & off, standing nearby in case of difficulties.
A week ago we travelled to the coast to a wedding. The trip along 2 lane country roads & the escarpment down to the coast were a nightmare for her. The motel room, although advertised as "for disabled persons", provided wheel chair access throughout (good, even though she was not in a wheel chair) but lacked reasonable grab rails and moving between bed & bathroom was unfamiliar & too far for her without having anything to grasp along the way. On the return trip we called at the disabled toilets in the town at the top of the escarpment. There we found separate disabled toilets, one in each of the ladies' & the gents' and steps from all directions to reach the toilet block. She found the toilet elevation too low & the grab rail inadequate & poorly positioned. Fortunately, she was able to unlock the door & call out to me for help, so I had to enter the ladies'.
At our last local PD Group meeting we discovered that one of our out of town members had been given a supply of Sinemet CR by his local chemist, on grounds of "emergency". I asked our local chemist in our town to discover that he & the other are brothers. A couple of quick phone calls, I made a quick visit to our doctor's for a script and a 6 month supply of Sinemet CR was ordered. Delivery was stated as "at least 10 days" & when I checked later was told the advised delivery date was 7th March. So I suspect that the stuff is being imported; almost sounds like the delivery on books etc offered by Amazon!
Speaking of Amazon, we received a number of quilting books from them early in the week. She continues to apply herself to quilt making, which is encouraging to see. She still works through her weekly puzzle magazines; no recent trivial prizes of late.
She has found smelling menthol eases the shuddering shivers she has across her shoulders. These shivers tend to occur now when she lays on the bed. She uses a nasal decongestant "stick" or smells the horrible (to me) pain relief rub she often applies to her legs & back. An interesting association.
We have been travelling up to the small country town for Bowen treatment each fortnight. She never complains about sharp pains any more, just dull aches in her lower body. The travelling & small cost is negligible compared with the benefit. She has not asked to use the treadmill in weeks (I always help her on & off, standing nearby in case of difficulties.
A week ago we travelled to the coast to a wedding. The trip along 2 lane country roads & the escarpment down to the coast were a nightmare for her. The motel room, although advertised as "for disabled persons", provided wheel chair access throughout (good, even though she was not in a wheel chair) but lacked reasonable grab rails and moving between bed & bathroom was unfamiliar & too far for her without having anything to grasp along the way. On the return trip we called at the disabled toilets in the town at the top of the escarpment. There we found separate disabled toilets, one in each of the ladies' & the gents' and steps from all directions to reach the toilet block. She found the toilet elevation too low & the grab rail inadequate & poorly positioned. Fortunately, she was able to unlock the door & call out to me for help, so I had to enter the ladies'.
At our last local PD Group meeting we discovered that one of our out of town members had been given a supply of Sinemet CR by his local chemist, on grounds of "emergency". I asked our local chemist in our town to discover that he & the other are brothers. A couple of quick phone calls, I made a quick visit to our doctor's for a script and a 6 month supply of Sinemet CR was ordered. Delivery was stated as "at least 10 days" & when I checked later was told the advised delivery date was 7th March. So I suspect that the stuff is being imported; almost sounds like the delivery on books etc offered by Amazon!
Speaking of Amazon, we received a number of quilting books from them early in the week. She continues to apply herself to quilt making, which is encouraging to see. She still works through her weekly puzzle magazines; no recent trivial prizes of late.
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