Sunday, February 20, 2005
Health scares
Was talking to my mummy (adults of Norn Iron extraction nearly always call their mother - mummy especially when talking directly to them, it may sound childish, but we don't tend to care about that) this evening and she said that all of her joints seized up yesterday and that she ended up being taken in an ambulance to the area hospital. This is the first time anything like this has ever happened to her and apparently the pain was something else.
She had blood tests and a few injections and tablets and was sent home a good deal more comfortable, so I guess we will have to wait and see. The Dr thinks it is an attack of arthritis, I've never heard of it presenting like this, but then again I'm not a Dr.
My mum thinks she will be okay, but will have to skip work for a while, until she is better. I hope she is right, I did mention that quitting smoking would probably help, but didn't want to push it too much.
Both my Uncle and Annas Uncle have recently had relatively mild strokes in the last few months so I guess that is a sign they are getting on a bit and that we are no longer youngsters.
She had blood tests and a few injections and tablets and was sent home a good deal more comfortable, so I guess we will have to wait and see. The Dr thinks it is an attack of arthritis, I've never heard of it presenting like this, but then again I'm not a Dr.
My mum thinks she will be okay, but will have to skip work for a while, until she is better. I hope she is right, I did mention that quitting smoking would probably help, but didn't want to push it too much.
Both my Uncle and Annas Uncle have recently had relatively mild strokes in the last few months so I guess that is a sign they are getting on a bit and that we are no longer youngsters.
