Treatment period (Part 3)

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Mum's home vacation was quite good: no episodes of self-hurting, slept well, ok appetite. There was still the perpetual complain of dizziness.

Thankfully, she made the effort to go for the appointment with physiotherapist, who was supposed to treat mum for vertigo as stated by the ENT specialist. The therapist, however, concluded that mum didn't have that issue after running some tests and I too said that the ENT specialist inclined to think likewise.

She also did more vigorous tests, which she said the ENT specialist should have done. At the end of it, she concluded that there was problem with mum's right eye (caused more dizziness than the left one) and balancing issue (when she walked, I think). So she taught mum (and I) some exercises to do at home.

The ward's nurse called to ask us to bring my mum back to ward a day earlier than scheduled i.e. on Thursday and that the doctor wanted to see me too. Unfortunately, she didn't know why. Mum was reluctant to go back to ward and so once again we had to convince her that we had to trust the doctors there. We told her our best guess: an ECT session was scheduled on Friday and so needed her to be back at ward on Thursday.

However, my guess of least likely scenario materialised: that they needed to take sample of her blood for the weekly blood test (because of clozapine) and that she was discharged. Yay! This time, she was 'warded' for a total of 44 days, including 9 nights of home vacation, compared to 37 days the first time. Hopefully never again.

A huge improvement: mum called my aunt and chatted for a while. She chatted 'normally' i.e. not slow. It had been about a year since she socialised. Yeah, so that was great.

Now the focus is on her giddiness/dizziness.

Comments

William said…
It was her eye! So maybe not so much the medication.
December 10, 2018 at 11:23 PM
MrBunnyBan said…
The eye is the cause? Didn't see that one coming. Certainly worth checking out
December 13, 2018 at 12:44 AM
Jaded Jeremy said…
William, MrBunnyBan,
The right caused MORE dizziness than left. The dizziness is still bad, even if just use the left eye.
December 19, 2018 at 8:33 PM
Anonymous said…
Will the eye exercises help? I have friends who were diagnosed with vertigo who had to do eye exercises. How about her eye glass prescription? In any case, it sounds like Clozapine is working much better for her. Let us hope 2019 will be a far better year for her, your Dad, and for you as well. SR
January 9, 2019 at 2:29 PM
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