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<blockquote data-quote="debrasue" data-source="post: 1716337"><p>Not so much a scream as an unburdening, prior to moving on...</p><p></p><p>My mother and I have never had the closest relationship in the world, but she’s still my mum and I do call her each week for a chat, and to make sure she’s ok and doesn’t need anything. She’s 89, badly disabled with fibromyalgia and RA, and lives with my brother and his family in what used to be our childhood home.</p><p></p><p>I’ve been trying to call her all this week, both on her mobile (which she frequently switches off “to save the battery”) and on the family landline, to no avail. I’ve not been unduly worried, however, because I was sure if anything was wrong they would have let me know. </p><p></p><p>Apparently not. I had a call from my mother this evening to say that she’s been in hospital since Wednesday! </p><p></p><p>For the past 4 months or so she has been having a daily visit from a district nurse to dress some long-standing (+2 years) ulcers on her legs, and it was decided on Wednesday that she was in danger of losing her legs if she didn’t have surgery as a matter of urgency.</p><p></p><p>I’m not at all surprised to hear the prognosis, as I had suspected it for the past 6 months or more, although my mother didn’t choose to discuss it. But I am very surprised - and more than a little put out - that nobody in the family felt the need to tell me that she was in hospital.</p><p></p><p>I’ll get over it. But it has driven another wedge into the ever-widening chasm between me and the rest of my birth family. Thank goodness that nowadays I am blessed with a close-knit, loving and much loved family of my own.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for listening. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite57" alt=":shy:" title="Shy :shy:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":shy:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="debrasue, post: 1716337"] Not so much a scream as an unburdening, prior to moving on... My mother and I have never had the closest relationship in the world, but she’s still my mum and I do call her each week for a chat, and to make sure she’s ok and doesn’t need anything. She’s 89, badly disabled with fibromyalgia and RA, and lives with my brother and his family in what used to be our childhood home. I’ve been trying to call her all this week, both on her mobile (which she frequently switches off “to save the battery”) and on the family landline, to no avail. I’ve not been unduly worried, however, because I was sure if anything was wrong they would have let me know. Apparently not. I had a call from my mother this evening to say that she’s been in hospital since Wednesday! For the past 4 months or so she has been having a daily visit from a district nurse to dress some long-standing (+2 years) ulcers on her legs, and it was decided on Wednesday that she was in danger of losing her legs if she didn’t have surgery as a matter of urgency. I’m not at all surprised to hear the prognosis, as I had suspected it for the past 6 months or more, although my mother didn’t choose to discuss it. But I am very surprised - and more than a little put out - that nobody in the family felt the need to tell me that she was in hospital. I’ll get over it. But it has driven another wedge into the ever-widening chasm between me and the rest of my birth family. Thank goodness that nowadays I am blessed with a close-knit, loving and much loved family of my own. Thanks for listening. :shy: [/QUOTE]
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