Cheers mate, couldn't agree more. It was something many of the family were prepared for as we knew his health was deteriorating, the past 18 months or so he wasn't really living, he was merely just existing, such a cruel disease, wouldn't wish it on anybody.
Sorry to hear that DH...God strength to you all and maybe Hiag can help you with the photoshopping stuff
Cheers mate. Yeah just need any pointers on any good sites, I used to be really good on it but it's been ages so wanna see if there's sites with either good tutorials/ refresher info/ handy downloadable add-ons.
Sorry to hear that mate. Going through this with my old man, so I know how **** Dementia is. God bless your Granddad
Thanks mate. Yeah I’ve noticed you’re going through exactly the same, wishing your Dad and your fam all the best.
Thanks mate. My old man is in a care home now, so far so good. To be honest it’s a ****ing huge relief to get him in here. It was getting to the stage where every day at home, there was a crisis of some sort.
We went through the exact same mate. The last six or so months before we put him into a home back in September was a nightmare, the last straw so to speak was when he wondered out of bed at night, fell over and pulled my Nan out of bed, both had to go hospital because of it. It was just becoming unfair on my Nan, she done her best to try and look after him but at 90/91 herself and partially disabled, she could barely look after herself let alone my Grandad, they even had (still have for my Nan) carers going round four times a day but it still wasn't really enough. It really is so cruel what it does to a person, he genuinely was the greatest and funniest bloke going, none of the boys in our family amount to a tenth of what he was.
I was getting panic calls from my old dear on the daily to come round and help because my old man had fallen over in the shower, fallen over in the bedroom, was being aggressive towards her, had shat himself etc. It just became a nightmare. She had started hitting him too out of frustration or because he'd grabbed her arm. The situation was falling apart quickly. When I was away last week in Fuerteventura I got a call that the Carers had pulled out too because they couldn't manage the situation either, thankfully they hung on until I got back, but that was the green light to get him into care. Dementia is ****ing horrendous, seeing your loved ones gradually dissolve in front of your eyes and become helpless. My old man was such strong independent bloke too, proper old school man who took pride in providing for his family. In the last couple of years he's basically become like caring for a Toddler.
It’s tragic mate it really is. Often seems to be the good ones that get it. I hope your old man gets all the care he needs and can be as comfortable as can be.
Refreshing to see even the NLD club rivalry pale into insignificance in such circumstances ... puts footie into perspective ... tis only a game when all is said and done ...
Sorry to hear your loss @Dier Hard Lost two grandparents very young to cancer, the other two both had dementia and strokes. Why do you need photoshop for the front of the funeral card though? Buried my dads youngest brother a few months ago and they put a photo of him looking really sad on the front. He was an absolute animal and a monster of bloke who played rugby to a high standard and lived the high life. If I was given such a task I reckon I’d have photoshopped him into amusing shenanigans that would no doubt of upset everyone.
I can't believe I waited all this time to watch The Defiant Ones on Netflix... ****ing excellent documentary for any fan of music. Dre and Iovine - equally legends that happened to cross paths and compliment each other so well. Seriously get on it if you haven't. 4 part docu-series. @Spurlock you seen this? You're in it fam.
Watched Can you Ever Forgive Me. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Terrific performance from Melissa McCarthy. Richard E Grant does a good support job too.
Oh right yeah, I knew that, it's a very important day to me, happy welshness I'm off to play rugby later and eat some daffodils.
