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- Can anyone help my mother in law
- Posted: 2008-10-25 17:55:47 By Audrey S
- Dear Message board for people with RP
I first want to say, I am sorry that all of you are suffering with RP, and I think, I am not sure, that my brother in law has R P or some other eye disease, which has caused him to become legally blind. He needs help though, even through all of his operations, on how to treat other people that love and live around him. He is controlling to his mother, and abusive. It could be the medicine he takes, or the fact that he was allowed to talk to his parents when he was young, and continues to talk to his parent (one now), without holding back on sound and words (that are off color). Other relatives receive the same treatment, but it is his mother that I am concerned about. If she would bring this up to his doctor at John Hopkins, then I am sure that he would lower his tone, and words. Please contact me at audreycsmith@verizon.net, and tell me who can give us some help on getting him to act normal, on more, than just a little bit at a time. His mother is in her 80's, and needs to live the rest of her life in peace. God bless the Foundation for all of their good work. I will pray for all of you tonight. For anyone needing help to recover from this illness, you might want to check into the Foundation of the Blind in Canada. Supposedly in ten years, there will be no one, unless they don't want to, to be able to see again. I don't know if that is an operation using stem cells or not, but check into it.
- Posted: 2008-10-25 20:07:46 By Jonathan R
- If your brother has a behavioral problem, then the most logical suggestion that I could think to make would be for someone to start taking him to see a therapist. Make an appointment and find one that you feel comfortable talking to, and help to prepare them for a productive meeting with your brother.
You can also use that first solo session to help discuss building up your ability to constructively confront your brother about the issue.
