Help a mum and nanny recover from a severe STROKE

We love our mum and want more than anything to help her on the road to recovery from a stroke that has changed her life.

She feels constant intense pain every day due to brain damage she suffered as part of her stroke and I feel the limited support from the NHS may be too little and too late. It has already been over a year to get to this point and so action is needed, fast. This is my plea for people to help support me fund treatment for my mum that will start a long road to recovery.

Here is the full story:

My mum is my hero, my best friend and the light of our family. She has a heart of gold and would do anything for anyone. She is 54 years old and her family is her life.

In January 2019, my mum was rushed into hospital with a heart condition she never knew she had. Before this happened she was a lively, independent loving woman, mum and nanny to 1 grandchild.

Her heart operation was a success however due to the hit of COVID in April 2019, she didn’t receive the care or check ups she was entitled too.

In October 2020 my sister gave birth to a handsome little Boy and in January 2020 I gave birth to a beautiful little girl. My mums heart was full as she now had 3 amazing grandchildren and she couldn’t wait to spoil them rotten and be the babysitter/cleaner/feeder and all the other things that come with having grandchildren.

Her health unfortunately slowly declined and after only 2 months of time spent with her newborn grandchildren, in April 2020, her life changed forever overnight. One morning at 6am she suffered a severe stroke and was rushed into ICU for over a week.

She suffered complete paralysis down her left hand side, struggled to focus on anything or remember much. Her entire family were stricken with shock and grief of the loss of the bubbly, active woman they always knew. She went from being a happy, loving life independent woman to bed bound and dependant on carers to do every single task. The depression was severe and she became unable to see any light.

Over the past 14 months she has been in and out of hospital and received little care from the NHS due to lack or resources. This includes 1 half an hour session of physio per week and a morning carer. Her health mentally and physically has declined yet again and she is completely wheelchair bound with no feeling in her left hand side and has lost both her independence and personality. After 14 months, her house has only just been adapted to fit a wet room and stair lift, which she had to pay towards.

For many months now she has been in significant pain in her left arm, unable to sleep and constantly crying in pain and after 6 months of tests and scans, and being told by every doctor that she is making it up and isn’t in any pain, they have finally diognosed her with Chronic pain caused by brain damage that they weren’t aware of.

The NHS have advised that she needs intense Cognitive therapy with a specialist psychiatrist or hypnotherapy however the NHS waiting list means she will be in horrific pain every second of the day until she finally reaches the waiting list and even then, they might only be able to provide 1 day a week which isn’t enough. Every day and night she cries in pain begging for it to stop.

I have therefore done a lot of research and found a hypnotherapist who specialises in chronic pain and has put an entire 3 month plan together, with 3 sessions per week and lots of home visits. The costs involved however are significant, racking up into the thousands.

My mum has worked all her life (other than when she decided to bring up me and my sister) and overnight she went from working and loving her full time job, to now relying on benefits which bring in a third of her original income.

Our family is broken and want our mum, nanny, sister, partner and daughter back through any means necessary. Once the chronic pain is under control her physio therapy can start up again in the hope she will one day be able to hold her grandchildren again.