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Worried about my mum

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Knottingley · 17/01/2014 17:44

She's 67 and very fit and active indeed.

However, last winter she slipped on ice and dislocated her shoulder. IMO she's never properly recovered - she suddenly looked old, for the first time, that day and hasn't got back to her old self.

Since then she's suffered a nasty scald due to what was on the face of it carelessness on her part (weeks of treatment at burns unit) and yesterday she's fallen on the golf course and broken her wrist.

She's one of those super efficient, never had a days sickness types but I'm worried that these things are too frequent and she should be slowing down a bit, although it would be a very brave person who told her that. She's still cooking dinner for my DC tonight Blush It's a regular arrangement and she wouldn't hear of it when I suggested we did something different this week.

The burn happened because she was trying to do too many things at once.

Anyway, my questions are:

  • should a soft landing like a squelchy golf course break a wrist? (i.e. has she become unusually fragile?)
  • How many accidents is too many/unusually high?
  • What on earth can/should I do about it?
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Kundry · 17/01/2014 18:41

Can only answer one of your questions which is that the golf course is made of earth not foam so even if it is a lovely bouncing green it is still quite hard! Also the most common way to break a wrist is by putting your hand out to break a fall - so you have your whole body weight on your wrist. In A+E it even has a shorthand of FOOF for Fall On Outstretched Hand as it's such a common injury. So so far, completely normal.

It's possible she has osteoporosis which makes her more prone to fractures but I am not knowledgeable about this area at all - however her GP could easily complete a risk tool with her to decide if she needs further investigations or not.

None of the accidents do seem connected apart from her maybe refusing to slow down - which you are probably completely unable to change?

Other than that I can only sympathize as I have an older parent and it's true, they seem to age from 30 to 'old' over night rather than gradually and it's very painful for you (and them) to realise. You will not be thanked for pointing it out to her or treating her with kid gloves!

Leverette · 17/01/2014 18:46

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Kundry · 17/01/2014 19:04
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Knottingley · 17/01/2014 20:31

I meant squelchy as in wet and muddy, which is why she slipped, but I do get you point

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Knottingley · 17/01/2014 20:34

She has to go in for an OP on Monday for a metal plate to be inserted but still when I went to collect Dc she wouldn't let me make the tea!

She actually seems fine but my Dad is not coping well....

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2old2beamum · 18/01/2014 12:00

Hi Knottingley,I am older than your mum and am still flying about like a lunatic. Like your Mum I need to keep busy (we are parents to 2 LO's 15 and 8 with severe disabilities and many of friends who are 65 plus who are in the same boat) If you make us slow down we will feel old and decrepid.
BTW we did not do rudies to get our twoGrin

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