sinead
08-24-2007, 12:06 PM
As many of you know, my mom had two strokes two weeks before Katie was born. Since then, she's worked really hard to get back the mobility that she lost. Her walking is doing really good--she had gotten to the point where she walked with a cane and didn't really even need the cane most of the time. The problem is that she's been plagued with dizziness and nausea ever since the stroke. THey (the physical therapists, that is) think that it's something that's going on in addition to the stroke, but they haven't been able to work it out. The doctors keep telling her it's just damage from the stroke and she just has to deal with it or hope that it'll get better on its own. She goes in spurts, though--dizziness that's there but she can still function to the dizziness that she's had for the past 4 days where she can hardly get out of the bed for fear of falling down.
As you can imagine, it's terribly depressing to be doing good and then get slammed back down with the dizziness again. That and the knowledge that it might always be this way. She described it to my dad as 10 times worse than the worst hangover you ever had coupled with the knowledge that it wouldn't just go away in a couple of hours.
Anyway, the physical therapists have done all they can for her and the doctor has said that he doesn't want to see her again for 6 months. Another dr is trying to get her into the Stroke/Balance Center at Emory (in Atlanta), but they're waiting for records and scheduling--it could be 2 months before she can get in there. She's pretty depressed because she feels like she's been abandoned by all of the "care" providers and she's still feeling just as bad as ever. I don't know what I can do for her other than to pray that she gets some relief soon and that somebody can come up with an answer. Can you guys help me in that boat?
Sorry, I know this was long, but I don't want to talk about this too much with DH because he has all these ideas of how to "fix" it (none of which are helpful, in my opinion) and then he says that we shouldn't go there and bother her, though she says that seeing the girls helps. Anyway...more babbling. sorry. Can you guys say some prayers or think some positive thoughts for my mom?
thanks. :)
As you can imagine, it's terribly depressing to be doing good and then get slammed back down with the dizziness again. That and the knowledge that it might always be this way. She described it to my dad as 10 times worse than the worst hangover you ever had coupled with the knowledge that it wouldn't just go away in a couple of hours.
Anyway, the physical therapists have done all they can for her and the doctor has said that he doesn't want to see her again for 6 months. Another dr is trying to get her into the Stroke/Balance Center at Emory (in Atlanta), but they're waiting for records and scheduling--it could be 2 months before she can get in there. She's pretty depressed because she feels like she's been abandoned by all of the "care" providers and she's still feeling just as bad as ever. I don't know what I can do for her other than to pray that she gets some relief soon and that somebody can come up with an answer. Can you guys help me in that boat?
Sorry, I know this was long, but I don't want to talk about this too much with DH because he has all these ideas of how to "fix" it (none of which are helpful, in my opinion) and then he says that we shouldn't go there and bother her, though she says that seeing the girls helps. Anyway...more babbling. sorry. Can you guys say some prayers or think some positive thoughts for my mom?
thanks. :)