The wheel turns ...
May. 19th, 2011 01:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
purpletigronIt looks like the Flooger has an aggressive inoperable gut tumour, and we're into the stage of palliative care ... neither the Flooger nor the Wong! know this yet, of course. It could just be a matter of weeks or days now.
Had a scare yesterday, Mater fell forward on her head - but hospital scans & tests all came back clear, so she's recuperating back at the rest home. I hope to get to talk to her this afternoon - I'm at the tail end of a 'flu-like thing, so I'll see how I feel over the weekend before deciding when I'm well enough to visit her.
So we're all going to be resting & trying to recover our reserves this afternoon.
Because I was travelling the other way on the train this morning, I chanced to see a gorgeous stand of Lupinus plants in full flower ... a bit like this:
Our good wishes to you all with your personal roller-coasters ... what challenges are you grappling with? What helps to keep your spirits up?
Had a scare yesterday, Mater fell forward on her head - but hospital scans & tests all came back clear, so she's recuperating back at the rest home. I hope to get to talk to her this afternoon - I'm at the tail end of a 'flu-like thing, so I'll see how I feel over the weekend before deciding when I'm well enough to visit her.
So we're all going to be resting & trying to recover our reserves this afternoon.
Because I was travelling the other way on the train this morning, I chanced to see a gorgeous stand of Lupinus plants in full flower ... a bit like this:
Our good wishes to you all with your personal roller-coasters ... what challenges are you grappling with? What helps to keep your spirits up?
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Date: 2011-05-19 03:04 pm (UTC)Personal challenges? Husband and son both unemployed. Myself only capable of part-time work, but at least managing to find some.
Other son changing gender - how to tell her grandparents...
How to cope? Gardening and Dr Who!
Richard copes by studying astrophysics with the Open University.
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Date: 2011-05-19 01:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-19 02:36 pm (UTC)Glad your mother's as minimally injured as possible.
Sorry to hear about the Flooger. I know we'd talked about his venerable age; still, no matter how old or ill someone you love is when they go, it's still hard.
Get well, and do try to make sure you're getting what you need to be nourished and not depleted in dealing with it all.
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Date: 2011-05-20 01:13 pm (UTC)Even when you know someone is old and failing, it doesn't make it any easier.
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Date: 2011-05-19 07:33 pm (UTC)Take care of all yourselves.
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Date: 2011-05-21 01:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-23 04:23 am (UTC)