Desperately Seeking Help for my Brother

[Rosie1958]

Thank you so much for your kind comments Doc Alan, Jane, Pete and Ricky. My brother is due to be moved to a nursing home towards the end of next week which thankfully has a younger persons unit. I am hoping that this move will bring some noticeable improvements in the future since the care home will have far more time to spend with him than the already stretched nursing staff at the hospital.

Pete ....... I am so sorry to hear about your poor wife and wonder how she is now? What a coincidence that she could have something similar to my brother (which is quite a rare condition) and I am so relieved to hear that she is in the UK, being treated and already showing signs of improvement. Speed of diagnosis and treatment is of the essence and unfortunately, my brother was very unlucky in that respect, especially when it was established that he was getting worse instead of better.

I can certainly empathise with how you and your family must be feeling and hope that your wife has continued to improve since you last posted. It's interesting to hear that your wife will not drink because she thinks that she will be harmed........... my brother cannot bear to be touched as he thinks that further pain will be inflicted.

My thoughts and prayers are with you both for a full and speedy recovery.

[Pete/London]

Thank you so much for your kind comments Doc Alan, Jane, Pete and Ricky. My brother is due to be moved to a nursing home towards the end of next week which thankfully has a younger persons unit. I am hoping that this move will bring some noticeable improvements in the future since the care home will have far more time to spend with him than the already stretched nursing staff at the hospital.

Pete ....... I am so sorry to hear about your poor wife and wonder how she is now? What a coincidence that she could have something similar to my brother (which is quite a rare condition) and I am so relieved to hear that she is in the UK, being treated and already showing signs of improvement. Speed of diagnosis and treatment is of the essence and unfortunately, my brother was very unlucky in that respect, especially when it was established that he was getting worse instead of better.

I can certainly empathise with how you and your family must be feeling and hope that your wife has continued to improve since you last posted. It's interesting to hear that your wife will not drink because she thinks that she will be harmed........... my brother cannot bear to be touched as he thinks that further pain will be inflicted.

My thoughts and prayers are with you both for a full and speedy recovery.

Hi Rosie, it might be a glimmer of hope for your brother to start to regain his past memory,smoking,some more memories may pop up.
Dee and myself have just come back from a week in Bangkok during which we suffered with viruses all through the week but I wont bore you with them.

My daughter updated us on her mother (my ex) and the Royal London still unable to say what her illness is. Over the last week she has had 2 MRI scans that have been clear and repeated the lumber puncture.The first they used to try to confirm the suspected, encephalomyelitis but it turned out that this was not the virus. We will know the result in the next few weeks.

She is recovering but they wont discharge her until they know the results and the social services can arrange assistance as she has failed various assessments.She failed a kitchen assessment and wont be allowed to go out on her own, and will need constant supervision and home help. They seem to think that will not improve any time soon.
Such a change for someone who 3 weeks ago was highly regarded for her cooking skills and earned her living catering at private dinner functions.

Our thoughts are also with you Fred and wish your sister-in-law all the best towards a speedy recovery.