The Sewing Mom

My husband’s frustration level with his mom is reaching an all time high. I will attempt to keep this short, but I have to say, I continue to think this woman is getting worse and worse.

My mother-in-law lives by herself in a rented condo in California. None of the 4 children live near her and the one that lives the closest is incapable of helping himself, much less helping her. In fact, we’ve learned that she sends that particular child what little money she has every month to keep him afloat because he’s apparently incapable of holding down a job of his own.

We have in the past attempted to get her to move closer to any of her children, but she insists that all is well and she likes where she lives. Unfortunately, she is not always truthful. We recently learned that there are several broken items in her condo that she refuses to ask the landlord to fix. She’s afraid of hurting the landlord’s feelings! The lock on her front door doesn’t even work and she’s afraid to ask to have it fixed! It’s ridiculous.

For many years I’ve tried to tell my husband that her memory is not very good, in fact, I’ve often wondered if she doesn’t have a mild form of dementia. Her children can’t see beyond their anger and frustration with her because the woman has always been somewhat manipulative. She just does some very strange things that make me think she’s not always aware of what she’s doing.

I’ve been looking into different treatments and one that stands out is sublingual B-12. The B-12 vitamin is known to help with diabetes as well as dementia. Sublingual B-12 is a safe and cheaper alternative to the B-12 shot that many people take. I’m going to have her talk to her doctor about it to make sure it’s safe to take with her blood pressure medication and if it is, I will be sending it out to her. I really want her to Try Sublingual B-12 from Trivita today. While I can’t change her manipulative personality, sublingual B-12 can help with memory and dementia.