Lighting a match after doing a poo....

[Diddlysquatty]

My lovely granny (100) is not well and this might be it... got me thinking about her and things that stick in my mind
When I was a child at her house she always had a box of matches in the toilet and you were supposed to light one after doing a poo to help with the smell. Is this/was this a thing? Anyone else remember that? I quite like the smell of a match, I might instate it in our toilet in her honour!

In Will & Grace, Debbie Reynolds (playing Grace's mother) tells Will to 'always light matches in the bathroom after poopie-doops'

Thank you @orangenasturtium and @gnomeisland I do know what you’re saying, and agree that infection can affect capacity, the dr had seen her
I think I won’t push it (or advise my mum to) because Granny has said when perfectly well in a sort of matter of fact way that she feels she’s had enough now and would be happy to slip away and has said in general she didn’t want any investigations or treatment for anything

Also... if she was deemed to lack capacity and a best interests decision was made to treat her, if she won’t actually swallow the tablets voluntarily (covert probably wouldn’t work as she has such a small appetite), she may have to be admitted for IV and we know she would like to avoid hospital at all costs

I have scented tea lights in my bathroom and light one as an air freshener. Definitely helps and I love the smell of them

Yes my Nan and gran both have matches in their loo for this reason. Although me and my cousins used to have a fag out her toilet window when we were teens and thought she’d left them in there for us 😂

@Diddlysquatty that is totally understandable.

I assume the GP knows that she is refusing treatment rather than your DG not taking the prescribed antibiotics, the GP discussed the possible consequences of refusing treatment and is happy that your DG currently has the capacity to make an informed decision?

It is a red flag that your DG consented to treatment initially but has now changed her mind. If the treatent were burdensome, it would be understandable but to accept and then refuse antibiotics halfway through treatment is more unusual.

Apologies if I am upsetting you by repeating myself [flower]

No @orangenasturtium that’s fine, I see what you mean
The dr is aware she is declining to take them, I wasn’t there when the doc visited but I will gently ask my mum
I’m not aware she is showing signs of delirium in general but appreciate her capacity could be affected

yes, it's a thing.
we 'had'to do that when we were in a flat without ventilation in the bathroom
it's much more efficient than any room spray.

@Diddlysquatty that's what my Gran did. She just seemed to decide she'd had enough, curled up in bed, went to sleep, and about ten days later passed away. She was 97.

Much love to you