Mum hasnt been so well for the last few days. She has been having her chest pains again. She told me I thought she was a hypochondriac and she wouldnt tell me when she wasnt so well because i didnt believe her. Anyway rang the doctors today and had to go through the triage process again before the doctor would come out. Anyway she's got a chest infection and a bit of pleurisy on her left hand side. She'd been in bed all day and when the doctor came i was outside and I told him what was wrong and that she was in bed - we came inside and she was sat in her chair downstairs felt like a bloody idiot when i saw her sitting there! Anyway shes got antibiotics and hopefully she'll be better soon. Her CPN came this afternoon and went upstairs to...

Its hard being a carer especially of being a carer of someone who has dementia. Thats me - Im my mums carer who was diagnosed with dementia 2 yrs ago. Im lucky in a way because i have my sisters & brothers who help but sometimes its just me because I live with her and when she is in a mood its me she takes it out on me. I also have carers coming in and getting her up and putting her to bed. Like the time she called me a prostitute or she says that i'm not her daughter i am her sisters daughter or that when I was born I was a boy and the midwife took the boy away and gave him to my dad and my dad then gave me back to her - well confusing isnt it but that is what it is like. There are times when she is compus mentus and shes brilliant...