Bit’s and pieces
Recently there has been a plethora of things to do and these have included various medical things to sort. Anita went through a bout of serious depression last week that had to be seen to be believed. I don’t know how many of these we can both withstand but the bloody minded fighter in both of us means that we may see how deep things can go. Because Anita returned from 2 weeks holiday at her mums, this period after hospital discharge was always going to be a difficult one. There are so many things to sort out and I seem to be using a lot of leave from work. Anita’s discharge has resulted in a long period without physio but it’s now starting to stoke her desire to continue. I can only hope that once all of Anita’s health and social care is in place it will get easier.
There was a visit to a neuro rehab doctor to enable better co-ordination of services but seemingly no better idea of responsibility. Anita has got so many things wrong with her that like many other brain injured people she spends a lot of time at medical establishments. Everyone knows that it can be a pain with hospitals but you have to multiply that in her case. Today she had to go to Stoke Mandaville to address hearing difficulties, she is on the border of needing a hearing aid or not. Apparently it could also help with her tinnitus but it looks to be the start of many more visits. Contacting the local doctors is starting to become a pain also. On occasions it can take up to 45 mins to get through on the phone to set up an appointment. There are various things going on that we will have to look at regarding her depression.