Posted by maryhelen on December 10, 2006, at 13:06:27
In reply to Re: Worried about my mother (long)..... » maryhelen, posted by Phillipa on December 9, 2006, at 23:39:07
Hi Phillipa:
Thank you for the kind words about my mother. I always wished that I could be like her, instead of this pathetic person I have turned out to be.
You are right about the pain meds. Of course they were giving her some in the hospital. She came home with 15 percs, but she did not take one for 3 weeks. Then I think this must have been when she started to feel her energy and her interests go. As things got worse for her she took a perc and within an hour she felt like a brand new person. So, she was saving them if she had a social event to attend and would take one. Well, all of a sudden they stopped working and she has just become more and more depressed. Do you think that the pain meds has changed her brain chemistry? Do you think that there could be a delayed reaction to the fall that she took?
I am praying that this antidepressant, Cipralex will work. My brother did take her to the family doctor on Friday and will take her to the new geriatric doctor in January. Of course, if there is any trouble before that we will get her to the doctor. My mother will know if she has trouble with her blood pressure, whether it be to low or too high, and we will take her to hospital. She has already had to go 3 times but they just send her home. If she cannot be with her family at Christmas, this will devastate her. Thank you for listening.maryhelen
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