On 02/01/2014 10:42, Sacha wrote:
On 2014-01-01 23:08:58 +0000, Spider said:

On 01/01/2014 22:34, Sacha wrote:
On 2014-01-01 21:11:29 +0000, David Hill said:

On 01/01/2014 20:34, Spider wrote:
On 01/01/2014 16:46, sacha wrote:
On 2014-01-01 11:12:40 +0000, David Hill said:

Happy new year folks,
What a start, already with last nights rain/hail we have had 1.2
inches and water is running everywhere, pouring off the fields above
and just rushing down the track like a river.
It's a good job we are high up and on sloping ground so no chance of
major flooding.
Hope no one gets washed away over the next few days.
David @ a very wet side of Swansea Bay.

Foul and disgusting weather here, even dripping through onto the
stone
flags where a porch joins an outside door! It takes some rain and
wind
power to achieve that! We had to forego the New Year's Day flower
count!



Foul weather here, too. Ugh!. It wasn't until it was dark that I
remembered the NYD Flower count. First time I've missed it. Mind
you,
I did have a minor emergency earlier in the day which completely
distracted me. We'll all have to wait for next NYD now.

I'm sure a day or so late wont matter that much.

I hope Spider's emergency really was minor and while I won't be able to
do ours tomorrow, thanks to family commitments, I'll hope to do it on
Friday, weather permitting.




Bless you, Sacha! It was nothing to harm either of us, thankfully,
but a terrified elderly neighbour in the realms of Alzheimers with
Lewy Bodies who turned up on our doorstep. Not for the first time,
poor lady. She was in a dreadful state due to a totally imaginary but
nightmarish scenario. I spent some time with her, and eventually her
daughter came to rescue her. Daughter and I both stayed with her
until she came to her true mind and was fit enough to go home.

We are grateful that she always remembers to come here. We don't
mind, although it is very sad to see an old friend so affected. It is
good to be the port in a friend's often bizarre storm. We just hope
she has some calm days now.

Thank you for your kind thoughts, though :~).

Poor old lady, it must be terrifying to be in the grip of something
imaginary but so very real to the sufferer. My grandmother started to
slip back into the past when she was in her 80s but nothing terrible
like that and at 95, my mother is now extremely forgetful, even of
members of her family but again, is living quite happily and peacefully
at home with carers and without any 'terrors'. Your neighbour is so
lucky to have you and as you say, to remember to come to you when she
has one of these episodes. One old lady we had as a neighbour and for
whom we were her first responders and an almost daily port of call for a
chat, or an evening glass of something, became completely disorientated
and almost wild with fear when her family moved her into sheltered
housing. It was totally unsuitable for her real needs and led rapidly to
a secure unit because she deteriorated so quickly. Unfortunately, we
were in NZ when it all happened and came back to find it all done and
dusted and nothing we could do. She died two years later, having had a
hellish time.




How awful! I hope that doesn't happen to our friend/neighbour. She
really couldn't cope with it, and they can't medicate her for it now
without inducing a stroke:~(. Her family are really good with her, but
both have to work, which makes it difficult. Thankfully, they trust us
and have made us keyholders, so we can deal with most emergencies. I
just hope she doesn't have an episode when we are out. I don't know
what she would do. Anyway, panic over for now.

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay