My Mother

[poliphilo]

My mother has taken to handing the paper across the kitchen table and asking me to explain stories to her. I take this as an indication that she can no longer read normal newsprint.

If this is the case then her eyesight has deteriorated quite a bit in the past few weeks.

However- living as she does in an eternal present- I don't believe she realises there's been a change.

We're taking her this afternoon to the eye clinic at Maidstone hospital. Perhaps they can clarify matters. The treatment they're giving her is supposed to halt macular degeneration. I doubt that it's working. I fear it may even be making things worse.

Another thing: she used to be picky about the TV she watched. Now she's happy to spend the afternoon watching- or dozing through- quiz shows.

But sometimes she surprises us. Yesterday she asked us about the pronunciation of the word "sloth" because she reckoned the presenter had mispronounced in a programme she'd watched the day before. 

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[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, I won't be able to use taste in TV as much of an indicator with my mother. =:) That said, last time I visited, I was almost successful in introducing her to MasterChef - but by that point, it was high time to head off to sleep.

I have heard her mention "Jeremy Kyle", in a positive tone, though.. so, as above. ^_^; (She has, thankfully, given up on the Daily Mail, which does please me. Such a dreadfully hate-ridden rag - and sadly, she'd often believe their writing, which led to some rather prolonged arguments as I tried to rebut their tawdry accusations of "Sharia law", et al)

I would like to tempt her into another newspaper, though. Or even online, but she's been rather resistant to playing with the original iPad I gave her. (Well, I bought her one when they came out, which wound up being de facto the boys' preserve, so when I bought the iPad Air, I gave her mine. It's not a matter of intelligence, just.. such technological aversion, and that's proven to be very difficult to overcome)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

My mother takes- and has always taken- the Telegraph.

My father- who died 10 years ago- owned a computer but my mother has always refused to use one- and now it's far too late to start.