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All the best to her.
Can't quite imagine anything worse than Cancer.
Went through it with Mum, going through it with Ms Crab. But I've got to say, I used to work in care and Dementia & Alzheimers might not be worse, but they are sure up there. The sense of loss can be all too real when someone you have known all your life no longer recognises you.
Never experienced cancer yet, but this is horrific.Alzheimers
Got that with my Nan, horrible disease. I've read you end up mourning them twice, once while they are alive because they are no longer the person they were just a shell, then again when the inevitable happens
@missstringjunior had a kidney transplant a couple of years ago and had her own kidneys removed 5 months prior to transplant. Without kidneys you have no way to produce urine and so retain all fluids which go in until you dialyse. By the end of the day before dialysis she could get really bloated and uncomfortable. One evening the fluid retention was so bad she could barely breathe from the pressure on her lungs. Quite frightening really. I drove quite quickly to A&E that evening!
Anyway more importantly is how amazing the NHS is whenever there's a child's emergency. Bloody brilliant.
Sorry to bring back uncomfortable memories PB. @missstringjunior is brilliant thank you - but then she received a kidney from a first class donorYour post brought back uncomfortable memories.
A young Pittsburg Jnr struggled with kidney failure a few years ago triggered by a vascular disorder. The fluid pressure built until he suffered a Pulmonary edema (lung flooding) the same as you can get on top of Everest.
Was a tough thing to witness.
The hospital rapid response team were incredible and had him on a ventilator within minutes. He then underwent 24 hour dialysis (and a further six months of regular dialysis) to remove the fluids.
You very much take your kidneys for granted until they are damaged or removed. They cannot repair themselves.
I hope Missstringjunior is doing OK with her transplant.
That has been very much the case in my experience. I'm so sorry you are going through that with your Nan. Drop me a message if you need to talk.
Thanks for the offer, it's been slowly coming for quite a while now so we (all our family) are prepared.
Visits are different now, she doesn't remember my name, doesn't remember I've been, but her face lights up when she sees me. Just live for the moment eh!
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