Jan 10

Grandpa got to see his own doctor yesterday for the first time since Dec 21! He also had a virtually pain-free day ( only one attack). So of course, now they have changed the meds again. Heavy on the pain killers (Duregesic patch AND oxycodone) and have replaced the nortriptyline with a new med -Lyrica pregabalin. Let's hope the change does not cause more pain during the transition time! Meanwhile, the crazies who are my family continue to fight and accuse.

Grandma has been forced to sit in the back hall (unheated) of her house to smoke. They have provided her with a hard plastic chair to perch on. I guess the smoke was getting to them all, so they moved her. IT'S HER HOUSE!

There are rumblings of the need for a nurse. We have a PCW there to help out. My grandparents like her. A nurse could do no more than the PCW, but would cost times as much! I cannot afford to pay for a nurse!

There is also something going on where my aunt and uncle are going to speak with my grandfather's financial advisor. They are trying to get assets liquidated to pay for -who knows what? They are also planning to sell his property.

This has only been 2 weeks. He is in pain. He is not dying. He is not addled and is fully able to make reasonable decisions (when not overcome with a bout of pain). Why we are going to sell his property out from underneath him and send him to a seniors home is beyond me. I don't think it's our place to decide and impose.

My mother calls me daily to complain about her mother. 65 years old and still holding onto accusations of a miserable childhood. Wow!

Illness in a family should bring everyone together. Instead, it divides.