. "She goes one step further and changes the facts to fit.Dad tries to keep diaries, obsessively documenting dates and occurrences, but he has to be careful - mum also compulsively gets rid of anything that hasn't 'been useful' in the last 6 weeks (it is a wonder she keeps him - and God help me if I am ever in a persistent vegetative state.) She threw all my old school stuff out while I was travelling." . . .