The weekend is over !!
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The weekend is over !!
| Mon, 07-14-2003 - 4:29pm |
Well I did my part with entertaining our out of country distant cousins. I think they are 5th cousins twice removed or something like that! Very nice people though language was a barrier. Yesterday the mom learned the words 'shut up' and of course practised it every chance she got - in a fun way of course. Sunday two other Canadian cousins (much closer than the others) also came to my sisters house. So we went over again for dinner. They are great people so I had a great visit.
I can only tolerate this sister for short periods of time.Her husband even less! She is one of 3 sisters that do not get along with my Dad at all. I guess he is always putting them down. A lot of the visit is listening to her and her husband complain about Dad. He is fine with me and another sister. I rescued him from the circus at my sister's place for a night and I think he felt better but I have noticed a change in him. Talking to the cousins and sisters on Sunday and we feel he is showing all the signs of Alzheimers. He is 88 now and physically quite healthy for his age. So now I am off to find information and maybe even support groups for people related to an Alzheimer victim. Kinda sad but this just might bring us kids closer. Seven of us but only abut 4 that talk sometimes.
Glad the weekend is over though. Learned alot, enjoyed family and most everyone behaved - even me!! lol. Back to routine now. In a couple of weeks my DD will be coming for a visit. She is about 5 hours away so this will be the last one before my first grandchild is born.
Maybe I should talk to my doctor about Alzheimers. Do any of you ladies have any experience with this?
I can only tolerate this sister for short periods of time.Her husband even less! She is one of 3 sisters that do not get along with my Dad at all. I guess he is always putting them down. A lot of the visit is listening to her and her husband complain about Dad. He is fine with me and another sister. I rescued him from the circus at my sister's place for a night and I think he felt better but I have noticed a change in him. Talking to the cousins and sisters on Sunday and we feel he is showing all the signs of Alzheimers. He is 88 now and physically quite healthy for his age. So now I am off to find information and maybe even support groups for people related to an Alzheimer victim. Kinda sad but this just might bring us kids closer. Seven of us but only abut 4 that talk sometimes.
Glad the weekend is over though. Learned alot, enjoyed family and most everyone behaved - even me!! lol. Back to routine now. In a couple of weeks my DD will be coming for a visit. She is about 5 hours away so this will be the last one before my first grandchild is born.
Maybe I should talk to my doctor about Alzheimers. Do any of you ladies have any experience with this?
I am going to relax now and catch up on some of the posts.
Have a good week!
LM

Glad you weekend worked out well. Sorry I have no information on Alzhimers at all. My Mom is 93 but they say she suffers from dementia.
I would check with your Dr I bet he could tell you were to get the information.
Hugs
Mary
My Fil has alzheimers and although he is not as bad as many I have heard of he is not doing that well. He has taken walks and stopped and had no idea how he got there... or where he was going but enjoyed the scenery, he has had periods of forgetting many improtant details such as where he is suppose to be going or what he is suppose to be doing, he has become quite agitated at those around him for no apparent reason. We pushed to have him see a doctor and they have told us that yes indeed he does have alzheimers or some other dementia type disease... but they want a record for a year kept of him to see just how bad and how often he has his periods of forgetfulness. The doctor in the mean time has asked that he take Ginko bibola for his memory and my mil said that she thinks there has been a bit of improvment on some days. I do suggest having him tested by the dr because until they have a record of the diesase for a while there is not much they can do for you. I do agree a support group is always a good start for those that are around the person with alzheimers because it helps to hear of what others have done to make things easier and how they have coped.
SO sorry to hear about him and I hope that it is possibly something like maybe any medications he could be on istead of alzheimers or dementia.
Glad to hear that you had a good visit with your relatives.. even if there was a language barrier to work with! Makes things interesting I bet!
Well good luck and please let us know what you do for your dad and what the dr says if he goes in!
Take care, Lor
Take care of you!!
Hugs, Pam
&n
My only experience with Alzheimer's has been with patients in our clinic and with one friend who went through that with his mother. It is a difficult thing for all concerned although I think they do have some things now that can improve quality of life and mind for the patient now. Talk to your doctor and see what he suggests.
I took care of my dad for the last year of his life. I think we were all afraid of Alzheimers because he had deteriorated so badly. Turns out that was mainly because he was drinking too much. When he had someone there to talk to, cook for him, keep everything around him clean (including him) he perked up amazingly. He had no short term memory, of course, and would often tell me the same stories several times in one day. But, as he enjoyed telling them and I never let on that I'd heard them before, it was nice for him. And I didn't mind.
Good luck. I hope things work out.
Kat