Ok it's my turn to vent about mom!!

[lynne b]

I posted about mom's eye's and that she had to go back on the increased prednizone, well they will have her tapered down to 10 mil grams middle of next month.
Her sugar has been off the meter 500/600, she has been confused, not able to keep up with conversations, wants to sleep alot, off balance, which i know high sugar can cause you to have like a drunk effects.

I took her to the nurse practioner today, she was suppose to see the Dr next Thursday but i felt we needed to go sooner. I know that the prednizone makes you hungry and mom is hungry all the time, her biggest weakness is chocolate and ice cream, i have treatened everyone not to buy her any, but she lives in assisted living and they do go place's and she will buy these things herself and eat till they are gone.
The nurse told mom she had to stop eating like this, that she is killing herself or she will be in a coma, so what was the first thing out of her mouth before we even got out of the hospital parking garage ( I think i should have 1 more sunday before i start my new diet) I about came unglued!!!!!
I finally told her that if she continued the way she is going and was not able to care for herself she would not be able to live in assisted living and that she may end up having to go back to the NH, i hated to tell her that but i thought maybe it would scare her enough to try harder. I feel so bad for her, she was doing so good there for a while, now she has stopped doing things again. I just don't know what to do, i can't watch her 24/7 and the assisted living can't tell her she can't eat things.
We go back to the nurse in 2 weeks.Thanks for letting me vent.