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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[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

The lady that I work for has eye problems too, along with her memory issues. Sometimes I think the problem is her brain, but it's really her eyes... sometimes I think it's her eyes, but it's really her brain.

It could be that she can't see the print. It also could be that her brain has lost the memory of the words she is seeing. :-(

All good wishes to you both.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's very hard to tell.

I don't think my mother has forgotten the words; her vocabulary is impressive and she can still do crossword puzzle; but I think she may well forget the start of a paragraph by the time she reaches the end.