It's a very debilitating disease and is extremely hard on the family. The patient lands up in their own world and doesn't know anyone. An awful disease.Good words, went through that with my father.
Humerous anecdote: Dad went to an adult day center weekdays. My wife would pick him up on her way home from work. She would ask him where they should turn, engaging his sense of direction.
After three weeks of this he said to her: "You're a lousy driver, every day you ask me for directions, you should know theway by now!"
There will come a day unfortunately that she may. A very good friend of our family was a real gentle man and wouldn't hurt a flee. He landed up with it and he became so violent they had to restrain him. Thankfully he passed away shortly after that.yeah,, my mother in law (who lives with us) suffers from it
thank goodness hers is a mild case that presents itself in a benign way, she doesnt get hostile or violent
but it is still a sad way to be
There will come a day unfortunately that she may. A very good friend of our family was a real gentle man and wouldn't hurt a flee. He landed up with it and he became so violent they had to restrain him. Thankfully he passed away shortly after that.
My mom had Parkinson’s the exact opposite she was sharp as a tack brain firing on all cylinders she just couldn’t control her motor actions. Near the end she couldn’t make it to washroom without help couldn’t feed herself. But to talk to her was like she was when she lived at home by herself. Can’t imagine what that would be like able to think and process and no body control to do anything. Use to pray my dad would come get his bride and he did suffering over now.who knows
we're just taking it day by day
about a month ago, she got admitted to the ICU with a brain infection
that particular diagnosis had a 30% survival rate
she made it through that allright and made it back home about 2 weeks later but she didnt make it through unscathed
we dont know if it is the toll of the disease or the anti seizure drugs they put her on (kepra), but she has been a lot more sleepy since she made it back home
off course, she sleeps more, she eats less and it all snowballs from there
my wife got the neurologist to change her dosing of kepra to a longer acting one, which i need to pick up as soon as it gets filled and hopefully that will knock the sleepiness down some and she will recover a bit more of her mobility
but in the end, you know she's gonna die, you just hope its in a way that leaves her her dignity
Use to pray my dad would come get his bride and he did suffering over now.
If you are a believer and are caring for an Alzheimer's patient, there is a wonderful Southern Gospel song by the Booth Brothers. It's called "She Still Remembers Jesus' Name". Hope these lyrics give you comfort in knowing where they are going.
That's would be a bad way to go as well Ahoey. It was a blessing in disguise. Sorry for your loss my friend. My mom was in the early stages of dementia and pneumonia took her before it got too bad. She was slowly sinking. My dad died of a massive heart attack at 67 so fortunately he didn't have to go through stuff like that.My mom had Parkinson’s the exact opposite she was sharp as a tack brain firing on all cylinders she just couldn’t control her motor actions. Near the end she couldn’t make it to washroom without help couldn’t feed herself. But to talk to her was like she was when she lived at home by herself. Can’t imagine what that would be like able to think and process and no body control to do anything. Use to pray my dad would come get his bride and he did suffering over now.
So sorryMy mother had it, did not know she had a child.
thats how my grandmother was
grandpa died when i was 7, grandma lived almost 30 years after that, and she only got confused the last few years
the entire 3 decades she was waiting for grandpa though
when she finally passed, the notification mentioned that Grandpa finally came to get her
Yes agreed everyone has an expire date just don’t understand why some have to suffer for so long before the date arrives. I think it has a lot to do with man meddling with mom nature. If left to natures ways I wouldn’t be here had an aneurism in my brain at 32 years Dr West operated and everything still works if this would have happened 10 years earlier the technology wouldn’t have been there. Sometimes somethings are better left to mom nature.That's would be a bad way to go as well Ahoey. It was a blessing in disguise. Sorry for your loss my friend. My mom was in the early stages of dementia and pneumonia took her before it got too bad. She was slowly sinking. My dad died of a massive heart attack at 67 so fortunately he didn't have to go through stuff like that.
What I mean by this is survival of the fittest. Mom nature has a way of strengthening the gene pool mans meddling has eroded that. Hard pill to swallow but it’s what I think.Yes agreed everyone has an expire date just don’t understand why some have to suffer for so long before the date arrives. I think it has a lot to do with man meddling with mom nature. If left to natures ways I wouldn’t be here had an aneurism in my brain at 32 years Dr West operated and everything still works if this would have happened 10 years earlier the technology wouldn’t have been there. Sometimes somethings are better left to mom nature.
One day we were standing around in one of my mentors shop he raced an original 64 Plymouth max wedge. I was looking in the trunk of a 70 cuda at the tail lights there was a glob of that crap that they used to seal light to body picked it off and was rolling it around in my fingers. One of my pals asked what’s that? I handed it to him and said after he took it don’t know but I had a hell of a time getting it out of my nose. The shop burst out into laughter. Makes me smile.
I worked with a guy that had a bad tremor, not only his hands but his head as well. He drove hwy tractor without any problems. It was similar to Parkinsons as well. Maybe the same as you have. He said he was looking into brain surgery to correct or improve it.I have a form of Parkinsons. In my situation it is the trembling and sometimes lack of equilibrium. I am building a 318 for my grandson. Somedays I can get one bolts or one nut installed and I am done for the day. I had o get a new torque wrench that was not "click type" because somewhere in trying to apply steady even pull on the wrench the trembling will start and the wrench click and I am nowhere near needed torque or way the hell over. May take me a year but I will get it done.
Nice comebackOne day we were standing around in one of my mentors shop he raced an original 64 Plymouth max wedge. I was looking in the trunk of a 70 cuda at the tail lights there was a glob of that crap that they used to seal light to body picked it off and was rolling it around in my fingers. One of my pals asked what’s that? I handed it to him and said after he took it don’t know but I had a hell of a time getting it out of my nose. The shop burst out into laughter. Makes me smile.
With all the crap they put in out food these days it's no wonder. Genetically modified foods etc. are killing us slowly. The huge companies do this to extend shelf life, grow bigger animals and bigger yields on the farm etc. That's all fine and dandy but WTF is it doing to us? All in the name of $$$$$.Yes agreed everyone has an expire date just don’t understand why some have to suffer for so long before the date arrives. I think it has a lot to do with man meddling with mom nature. If left to natures ways I wouldn’t be here had an aneurism in my brain at 32 years Dr West operated and everything still works if this would have happened 10 years earlier the technology wouldn’t have been there. Sometimes somethings are better left to mom nature.
That’s just it money talks bullshit walksWith all the crap they put in out food these days it's no wonder. Genetically modified foods etc. are killing us slowly. The huge companies do this to extend shelf life, grow bigger animals and bigger yields on the farm etc. That's all fine and dandy but WTF is it doing to us? All in the name of $$$$$.
The Doc talked to me about that type of surgery. I'm too dang old to have someone playing with what little brain I do have. Besides the meds do a pretty good job most of the time keeping the trembling down to a dull roar.I worked with a guy that had a bad tremor, not only his hands but his head as well. He drove hwy tractor without any problems. It was similar to Parkinsons as well. Maybe the same as you have. He said he was looking into brain surgery to correct or improve it.
Though I have to agree about the money (that's why I work) agricultural processes are why we can survive in our cozy town home and not starve. Take away the preserving and growing successive crops with the use of herbicides and increasing yields with the same and pesticides, people are going to starve. Sad but true. Best you can do is try to eat organic and do what you can to stay healthy.With all the crap they put in out food these days it's no wonder. Genetically modified foods etc. are killing us slowly. The huge companies do this to extend shelf life, grow bigger animals and bigger yields on the farm etc. That's all fine and dandy but WTF is it doing to us? All in the name of $$$$$.
Lost thread we were talking about 58 olds found thisI worked with a guy that had a bad tremor, not only his hands but his head as well. He drove hwy tractor without any problems. It was similar to Parkinsons as well. Maybe the same as you have. He said he was looking into brain surgery to correct or improve it.