This seems to be a common theme with brain tumor patients. My husband is also easily agitated. He can't take noise and chaos. He loves our two grandchildren so much but if they are here and start getting noisy and wrestling around, he gets very agitated. He can't stand the noise in the chemo room. The beeping IV machines make him crazy. If the nurses are laughing and talking loudly with each other or the patients, he gets upset. I take ear plugs for him. Same thing, if we have to wait very long for doctor's appointments or for his treatment. Also he gets agitated if something unexpected happens. Once we went in for treatment and they sent him back down to the lab for additional blood work. Yikes! He threw a glass of gingerale towards a trash can. It missed and hit the window. Fortunately, it was a paper cup. I think its a combination of the steroids, the brain tumor and the poison they inject every two weeks.
I'm sure your mother in law loves your children. Maybe short visits - or your suggestion about having her come to your house and when it all gest too much, she can just have your father in law take her home.
This disease is no fun for any of us, is it?
Warmest regards,
Barb
Husband dx 4/07, inoperable GBM IV. Temodar and Radiation did not work. On Avastin / CPT-11 since July 07 with very good results.