Afternoon Babes - forgot to put that up there, just wanted to respond.....
Crazy busy morning here again, builders, joiners, SALT and Portage here all in one go! My little chaos was like a performing seal! 
Nemo's SALT was so happy with how far he's come along, it's great to hear that he's doing so well.
DH is still full of germs, DD has a cough and I'm running on empty after another sleepless night. Hey ho, it's not long now until we'll have a break from visits and a restful week of over eating and wearing my PJs!
Saf - what you saod about my mother is spot on actually. The older I get, the worse she gets because I think she just lets herself be who she has become if that makes any sense at all?
So when I was younger, she'd hide her illness as not to worry me or the family. Now I'm older, and further away I guess, she just lets it out.
I can imagine how much pain etc she is in, she has memory issues and loss of sensation too so I can empathise there, it's the nasty jibes and cutting remarks that seem to be 'new' to me.
Her illness does effect her, no doubt. I remember the artical that you sent me about the study that had been done on patients with MS, I still have it somewhere but you are right, the worse her illness is, the worse she is and the saddest thing is, I bet she doesn't realise that she's doing it.
Or at least I hope that's the case. 
I'd hate it if she was using it as an excuse to tell me what she thinks about my 'waste of space BIL, vile sister, lazy brother, PITA father....'
It's hard to listen to at times and I guess little and often is all I can cope with. Families eh?
Thusro - thank you for your message xx