Ok, thank you....
The Serroquel or Ablilify is the one that shouldn't be used?...
Aw, you're going to make me blush. Sundays are my Nana days, but depending on the time I'll see if I can make it. We usually go out around noon and are back by three. Things are getting better. For...
Lyn - Thank you for your prayers and good thoughts. :) Much appreciated....
Less yes, but I still have 7ish more chapters to read. All but one are less than 5 pages, though. Blah!!! I need to go do silly stuff tomorrow to balance out all this responsible grown up stuff I've...
Nana knows people if they're around and in sight. I was reading today, sitting across the room from her, and she kept asking where I was. She was reading a book my other grandmother wrote, and kept...
I'd have never thought about doing a puzzle with Nana; we're not a puzzle family (we've all got short attention spans for projects), but now I really want to make one. I may just go to Wally World...
I would stay home with Nana and let them go out, but all they want to do is organize the house (seriously... how many times a month does this need to be done?) and pay bills. They're no fun. They...
Are you going to frame the puzzle and hang it up somewhere? Now I want to get a giant puzzle, put it all together, and decopodge it onto my coffee table....
Yes, I sort of caught up on sleep last night. Nana doesn't like to sleep by herself, so I slept in her room last night. I was planning on just lying down until she fell asleep (I have the world's...
Today was a lot better. Mom was home, which was good. I don't usually fall asleep until after 3 in the morning, and Nana gets up around 8, so I got to sleep in *yay*. So, after I got up, I heard...
Today was wretched. Papa's sister died, and he flew out this morning to go to the funeral. He asked Nana if she wanted to go with him, and she said no up until we got to the airport to drop him off....
she's taking Seroquel and doesn't get to sleep? Wow... I took that stuff for two nights and had to quit because I slept forever. My mom takes Trazidone and says it's the best stuff ever. I'm...
Since Monday is Valentine's Day, I took Nana to a place called Hidden Talent. They have ceramics and you can paint them. She picked out a heart, painted it red, and gave it to Papa. It now hangs on...
I found a bunch that lists their type as peer groups. I'm going to Silverado with Nana on Friday. I'll ask them about support groups then....
I spent some time looking for support groups yesterday, but it seemed like most of the ones that I was finding are for people with Alzheimer's, not the caregivers. But I found a hotline that says it...
Do any of y'all go to support groups? Do you find it to be beneficial? I keep reading about how it's a good idea for the caregivers to go, but I'm having a difficult time finding one in my area....
Yep. :)...
I don't think she'd let us feed her. Her favorite thing to eat is peanut butter and banana sandwiches. I swear, she's had one everyday for lunch for the past 61 years. I'm not sure about cereals....
What do you mean?...
Nana and Papa went to her doctor one time, and they were there so long that the doctor gave them some Ensure shakes. They liked them and bought some of their own. But that was months ago. I told Papa...
Nana used to eat a lot before this past month. Now she just wants sweet things, especially ice cream. I'll try cutting up her food. She really likes chicken, so maybe we'll try making more chicken...
Recently, Nana hasn't been eating very much. All she seems to want is an ice cream cone. Papa took her to the store today so she could pick out her dinner, and come dinner time she didn't want to eat...
CandyJane - To unignore someone, go to the Control Panel and it says there's an option to take off any blocks....
I've had pain in my wrists since I was 17 (I'm 20 now). I don't believe the diagnosis because he didn't tell me, he let the pharmacy tell me, which I think is strange. So I'm going to my normal...
eeks! sound rather painful. My doctor just diagnosed me with osteoarthritis, too. I don't believe him, though....
If a person is predisposed to AD,not much you can do to stop it. Stop what? How'd you tear your rotator cuff? Pain medication, even over the counter stuff, makes me feel strange, so I try not to take...
Pat, thank you so much. I knew that about pain medication, but not about anesthetics, though. We only learned about the bad effects of pain medication after the medication had already messed her up....
Thanks for the tip. I was a little late in my post, however. I haven't been over to their house in about a week and a half (I know, I'm horrible... but it was my last week before school/work/workouts...
She's on Rimyl, I think it's called, and she's also participating in a drug study for something else that I don't know the name of. But we don't know if she's getting the drug or the placebo. And...
Hello! I've been looking for something like this because there's soooooo much information on Alzheimer's and it can be confusing. Especially when the information I read doesn't match up with what I'm...