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Posted 3/16/2007 9:17 PM (GMT 0)
*sigh* Hugs for you Cait and Howie. eyes

Blessings!
Posted 3/17/2007 6:09 PM (GMT 0)
THanks sis always appreciate your huggs and tea
Lovely it is
Talk to you later in the zone today so just in and out ya know
Luv ya
Sis
Posted 4/16/2007 2:20 PM (GMT 0)
Yesterday was a real rough one
For some reason Dad would not stop crying and would not tell me why ......
I have rarely seen him cry and it ripped me apart .......

I in all my heart believe he is ready to just go and be with MOm
He knows the other siblings are around he asks about them and knows they are not going to see him

Why and HOW can they do this to this precious soul

I am taking another stand but ALOT firmer with them all today .....
they are his children and HE did all he could plus for everyone of us .....

Really P***ed and plenty hurt right now ........
Posted 4/16/2007 4:10 PM (GMT 0)
Oh Lynn,

My stomache is even hurting for you. I'm soooo sorry it has to be like this. Its bad enough when everyone is helping or at least taking an interest.

My mom has been having some trouble too. Chest pain radiating down her arm, exdtreme weakness. A visit to the ER revealed NO heart issues. I talked to her about the possibility of anxiety and how it can mimic the heart issues, so we are just trying to work through this.

Sending you a whole pot of my special tea. I just made it and its nice and hot. Some ginger in there too!!

Blessings!
Posted 4/17/2007 10:32 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks so much sis
Please do look after your Mom and like you I am sure it is a/p ............
Gentle huggs for you both
God Bless

*** Tea is soooooooo Good *** thanks I needed it ........

Luvs sis
Posted 4/18/2007 12:29 AM (GMT 0)
Lyn... so sorry you are going through this without the support of your siblings. There is really nothing that I can say to make this time easier as you know. You shared some very kind words with me when I posted about my father. So I hope that you can get through this very hard time. I Will keep you in my thoughts.
Hydrangea
Posted 4/18/2007 11:20 AM (GMT 0)
Just posting and showing support DOES help hun believe me
Thanks so much
Be well and I am sure it is a/p with your mom ya know ......
Keep me posted
Posted 4/18/2007 12:32 PM (GMT 0)
Lyn,

Doctor appointment was dissapointing. SO quick, no dialogue. I inserted lots of info when the doc didn't pursue it. She was talking to me instead of mom and I would just gesture with my hand to talk to mom. Urghhhh! she abruptly said that it was probably a nerve. Mom said, "nerves?, like anxiety" and the doctor said "no, a nerve". Then I said "like a pinched nerve or inflamation trapping a nerve?" and the doc said "yes". She said to take 800 MG of Ibuprofen 3 times a day with a RX to protect the tummy and see if that helps.

I suggested that this still did not explain the frequent weakness she was experiencing bu tthe doc dismissed it. Then, after mom asked a question, the doctor rolled her eyes at me like mom had dimentia (mom is WAY smart) and I gave the doc DAGGERS with my eyes. The only reason I didn't have it out with her right then was because I wasn't sure it would help mom in the long run.

I told mom it was a WAY to short couple of minutes doctor appointment and mom said that this was the best and longest appointment yet. Urghhhhhh.

I plan to attend the next doctor visit and re-evaluate the doc. If it is more of the same, I will report her to Kaiser. Mom said she has requested other doctor in the past, but the others are the same.

Lynn . . . two messages above is a post from one of your other friends, not from me. Just in case you didn't see it.

Take care . . . I'll post and let you know how the "Ibuprofen Treatment" goes.

Blessings!

Carol
Posted 4/19/2007 12:19 AM (GMT 0)
Please do sis
I would be going to the appointment with her too
Sounds like this doc is a quack ya know
Tea was lovely
thanks sweetie
Gentle huggs to you n your Mom
God Bless
Sis
Posted 6/19/2007 3:02 PM (GMT 0)
MY sister in all her infinite wisdom
NOT
Brought moms ashes to us on FATHER"S day
How can she be so unfeeling and inconsiderate

Dad is back in a tizzy again and since ashes have been here I will swear I am hearing Mom talk to me

Yes I wanted the ashes but now that I have them I HAVE to accept that she is really gone

Dad doesnt want them and I suspect it is for the same reasons as I .........
He still believes at times she is just sleeping and will tall me to make sure I put enough on her plate for supper

Truly a dang sad thing to watch and live right now

Yes sis I got the other messages from the other friends okay
I was just letting you know lol

I would be firing that docs Arse If I were you
I am so sorry yur mom is going thru this hun

Loves and gentle (((((( )))))))) to you's both

God Bless
Luvs
SIS
Posted 6/21/2007 12:51 AM (GMT 0)
OH NO!!! *urghhhhhhh!!!!*

I hope your sis thought she was doing something good.

I'm SOooooo sorry Lynn. I can just picture what a bummer that must have been.

I hope you'll be able to choose a good location for Mom's ashes. That has to be a really tough decision. I have a hard time with the idea myself. I might even think about burying the urn and putting a beautiful tree or plant over it. . . if that's legal. Our family has never considered cremation so I'm not really familiar with the details, but I can sure see how it would be difficult to place the urn or ashes. Let me know what you decide.

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A funny for you:

Hubby offered to take me to the cemetary to bring flowers for Dad's grave. I cecided that would be good, so we stopped and got flowers and took our two little dogs with us. We had a bit of a time finding the grave as the stone is not placed yet (it came in, but needs a correction). Anyway, we finally found the right spot and I turned to see who Dad's neighbor's were (the graves around him) and I noticed that the fellow next to him had been recently sprayed with water. I thought "hmmmmm, no rain, no flowers . . . OH NO!@#$% BAD BAD DOG!!!!" I ran and filled a milk jug with water and washed that poor man's grave stone. It turned out that there was lots of bird poop on it and I shined it up real nice . . . I apologized to the young man in the grave and I think he laughed about it!!!!

On the way out of the cemetery, we saw a sign (on the back-side of the entrance sign) that said "no dogs allowed". Uh oh!!! We'll know better next time and I know, now, why they have that rule.

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Let me know what you decide about the ashes, I'll be praying for you sis.

Blessings!
Posted 6/21/2007 12:52 AM (GMT 0)
OH . . . Mom is feeling much better. She took herself off of a certain prescription and all her symptoms dissapeared!!!!
Posted 6/21/2007 11:28 AM (GMT 0)
LOL thanks for that laugh sis I needed it truly

I am going to put some of her ashes around her rose bush tree here at my place and then figure out something

NO my sister is not considerate at all sis NOT a bit and she was asked not to bring them Mother's Day so why of all days would she bring them on Dad's day

Beyond me how ppl can be so unfeeling

I am hurting real bad with this all and I thank you for your loving support and caring as alwasy

** before they put Hubby 's stone on his grave I went for 3 mths and thought I was crying and talking to him

Lo and behold once the stone went in I found I was talking to the neighbor lol

I am sure my Rick got a good laugh outta that now
At first I was horrified now I can look back and laugh
Maybe HE did that so the other guy wasnt lonely ya know

Am so happy your mom is better
Somes meds makes us worse for sure dont they

Gentle huggs to you both

Love ya sis .......always
Posted 6/21/2007 1:48 PM (GMT 0)
Lyn,

How are you feeling, physically, these days? I hope you are able to get some good rest at night.

Is Kait's graduation all done??? Did it go well for her?
Posted 6/22/2007 1:03 PM (GMT 0)
Cait is Validictorian this yr and it all happens Monday night
I will be balling my face off for sure
Her dress is beautiful and it is costing me another 85 $ for hair and nails

But with all she has had to go thru she has held a high average and still doing work with seniors and commuinity work
She also gets the English award .......sports award and a couple of others
Dad is going he says he wouldnt miss it
Yesterday he forgot lol but I will get him all duded up for Monday night

I am doing OK not the greatest but hey HE wont give me more than I can handle and He has given me you and your love and support
'so all is great
Love ya sis
God BLess
Sis
Posted 6/22/2007 3:05 PM (GMT 0)
Enjoy Cait's big day!!!! I know how proud you must be!!! I know I congratulated Cait a while back . . . but WOOOOOO HOOOOO!!!!! Congratulate her again from Rosie!!!

Blessings!
Posted 6/22/2007 10:29 PM (GMT 0)
I will sis
I most certainly will
Keep yourself amd your Mom in god's hands thats what I am doing as of a lot lately ya know

God Bless
Sis
Posted 7/6/2007 1:19 PM (GMT 0)
OMG Dad is a hoot
Last night he called me and said what day is today I told him and then he proceeded to ask me where the pot was he made soup in ...its been gone for yrs plus I have knobs off the stove so I was kinda wondering what he was up to but I just let him ramble on for hours it seemed

I dont honestly know what I am going to do when he is gone

Gotta love him

I know I do
Posted 7/8/2007 9:51 AM (GMT 0)
Yesterday dad n I spent the day doing things around the house
He finally wanted to put some of moms ashes around her Rose bushes
I got them out there and we worked side by side til done


After we had a good cry together ........

God how I love this man
My Hero
Posted 7/9/2007 8:20 AM (GMT 0)
Really sorry for what is happening to your dad, your story is really sad, I sincerely hope that everything will be alright. I can understand your pain because my granny too suffers from alzheimer disease and I am really sad when I see her like this, she behaves like a child.
Posted 7/9/2007 2:20 PM (GMT 0)
Hi and welcome
Most with AD at certain stages do revert back to "being as a child"

Keep making memeories though

It is sincerely what has gotten me thru the passing of Mom and now going thru the same with DAD

Post again and please do stay with us

WE are a great supportive family with tons of info to help you understand more of what is going on

God BLess
Posted 7/14/2007 2:01 PM (GMT 0)
Friday the 13th of course

Dad feel down his stairs from the second floor
THANK GOD he is not hurt bad BUT is with me till he gets the railings up I am putting them up today

Other things happened within the family is it no wondeer ppl think of this day as a bad day lol

LYN
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