OTs: signs of the times

[kd1]

I live in Scotland, support the proposed bill, have absolute confidence in my family, am not depressed, but fear there might be so many limitations built...

[kd1]

Hi Ellie,

SDS is what I already get. But I'll check out the site, so thanks for that.We don't have much energy to spare for battles, do we?...

[kd1]

I'm in Scotland - different system - live alone and currently have one carer in the morning for an hour, and one at night for half an hour. The agency...

[kd1]

I take the view that falls are - or were - the price I had to pay for some mobility. But how I sympathise - such an experience is truly shaking. I fall...

[kd1]

Hi Madge,

Do some research online, checking for reviews of agencies (not least by staff - if they are happy, you are more likely to be)....

[kd1]

THe plan is to go for sedation if they decide I'm thin enough, and that will be decided on the day. I have an assessment sometime before then.

[kd1]

Hi Hayls,

Not experience as such, but facing the same decision. I can weight-bear tolerably well, but am increasingly struggling to rise...

[kd1]

Hi Ivan,

I'm so sorry to hear about your wife. We wouldn't wish another person to have to join us here . I've used CBD; for me I thought...

[kd1]

I often dream of walking again, only to have the unconscious brain kick in and add, "Really funny that, because you can't walk any more." The...

[kd1]

Hi Ben,

I've been taking a capsule nightly - with one break of a few weeks - for some months. Not sure I can see any results - maybe a little...

[kd1]

Of course you are terrified, and not just for yourself. But if your fears are realised (and they may not be - diagnosis works by excluding all other...

[kd1]

Thanks both of you, and yes, those who praise Scotland's health and social care provision are probably seeing only part of the picture. I simply couldn't...

[kd1]

Hi,

I'm in Edinburgh and all our long-term OTs have been taken away ("reorganised"). I am most dismayed by this; for 3 years...

[kd1]

Hi Sarah,

You are not lazy. Don't allow self blame, because we all do the best we can with this wretched disease. And I can understand your...

[kd1]

I too have no simple solutions but would encourage you to follow all the suggestions others have made. But I would add that I have found you don't have...