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glatt · 09-18-2009, 10:53 AM

It's beginning to happen for me all of a sudden.

Last month my mom found out that she has chronic kidney disease from all the prescription pain medication she's been taking for her joint pain. So her doctor is adjusting her meds. Hopefully that will work and she will be able to bear the pain without destroying her kidneys any further.

My dad, last week and this week, has had intermittent episodes of numbness and tingling over his whole body. Doctors put him on blood thinners while he waits for an appointment with a neurologist. They don't know yet what is wrong, but suspect TIAs, which are a kind of temporary mini stroke. Hopefully the blood thinners will prevent a real stroke from happening.

They are in their late 60s and have been extremely vibrant and active their whole lives. I hope this doesn't slow them down too much.

limey · 09-21-2009, 02:19 PM

Serves me right for saying "there's nothing good that could happen at today's visit [to my mother in hospital-limbo]". At least she smiled a couple of times last week.
This week she swung between being frightened of her delusions (about firebombings and mortar attacks that have taken place or will take place), being frightened of the fact that she cannot determine what is delusion and what is reality, being frightened of staying in hospital because of the impending firebomb attacks, being frightened of staying in hospital because it's boring as hell, and irritation at me for not understanding. With a few pleas for us to go out, get out, go to the cinema and go for a good meal in between.
Meanwhile, the doctors in their infinite wisdom seem to have prescribed a calmer down (haloperidol) which is Bad For People with Parkinsons (did I mention the Parkinsons disease?). My mother has had a series of falls (did I mention the two broken arms, in two separate falls, since hospital admission in late July?), so what she doesn't need is an increase in Parkinsonian shuffle and Parkinsonian poor balance from a casually prescribed drug.

Flint · 09-21-2009, 02:31 PM

I don't figure I can bring this thread down any further, but what this makes me think of is the fact that I'm one of theose people who got ƒucked up because the parent they lived with was NEVER a responsible adult, thus was forced to be the emotional "parent" figure, thus never had a normal childhood, thus became an ineffective adult because of never learning how to relate to other people normally. Have a nice day!

limey · 09-21-2009, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

I don't figure I can bring this thread down any further, but what this makes me think of is the fact that I'm one of theose people who got ƒucked up because the parent they lived with was NEVER a responsible adult, thus was forced to be the emotional "parent" figure, thus never had a normal childhood, thus became an ineffective adult because of never learning how to relate to other people normally. Have a nice day!

Hugs, Flint ...

monster · 09-21-2009, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

I don't figure I can bring this thread down any further, but what this makes me think of is the fact that I'm one of theose people who got ƒucked up because the parent they lived with was NEVER a responsible adult, thus was forced to be the emotional "parent" figure, thus never had a normal childhood, thus became an ineffective adult because of never learning how to relate to other people normally. Have a nice day!

Oh been there, done that, having my childhood RFN kthxbai!

...although I think I can be a reasonably effective adult when I need to be, I'm just so bored of that role....

Perry Winkle · 09-22-2009, 05:48 AM

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...although I think I can be a reasonably effective adult when I need to be, I'm just so bored of that role....

Yeah. Apparently this boredom continues until death. This terrifies me... I can't wait for the dementia to settle into my brain, so I don't know I'm bored anymore.

limey · 09-22-2009, 06:31 AM

If only it were that simple, Perry!

wolf · 09-22-2009, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by limey

Meanwhile, the doctors in their infinite wisdom seem to have prescribed a calmer down (haloperidol) which is Bad For People with Parkinsons (did I mention the Parkinsons disease?).

Having just ripped a physician's head off and shit down his neck for having placed my mother on Haldol (it's even worse for elderly, diabetic women in heart failure, kidney failure, and with a history of deep vein thrombosis, among other things) ... you might try to have a quiet talk with your mother's doctor about extremely low doses of Risperdal (risperidone) 0.125 mg two or three times per day is the dose they put my mom on and it appears to have helped.

limey · 09-23-2009, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Having just ripped a physician's head off and shit down his neck for having placed my mother on Haldol (it's even worse for elderly, diabetic women in heart failure, kidney failure, and with a history of deep vein thrombosis, among other things) ... you might try to have a quiet talk with your mother's doctor about extremely low doses of Risperdal (risperidone) 0.125 mg two or three times per day is the dose they put my mom on and it appears to have helped.

Oh Wolf! Thank you THANK YOU

. I'mma gonna chat with the doc today anyway. Why is it that they don't seem to know their own business?

wolf · 10-10-2009, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by limey

Oh Wolf! Thank you THANK YOU

. I'mma gonna chat with the doc today anyway. Why is it that they don't seem to know their own business?

Oh, they know it, it's just that Haldol's a lot cheaper.

09-21-2009, 02:19 PM	#2
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Serves me right for saying "there's nothing good that could happen at today's visit [to my mother in hospital-limbo]". At least she smiled a couple of times last week. This week she swung between being frightened of her delusions (about firebombings and mortar attacks that have taken place or will take place), being frightened of the fact that she cannot determine what is delusion and what is reality, being frightened of staying in hospital because of the impending firebomb attacks, being frightened of staying in hospital because it's boring as hell, and irritation at me for not understanding. With a few pleas for us to go out, get out, go to the cinema and go for a good meal in between. Meanwhile, the doctors in their infinite wisdom seem to have prescribed a calmer down (haloperidol) which is Bad For People with Parkinsons (did I mention the Parkinsons disease?). My mother has had a series of falls (did I mention the two broken arms, in two separate falls, since hospital admission in late July?), so what she doesn't need is an increase in Parkinsonian shuffle and Parkinsonian poor balance from a casually prescribed drug. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

09-21-2009, 02:31 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I don't figure I can bring this thread down any further, but what this makes me think of is the fact that I'm one of theose people who got ƒucked up because the parent they lived with was NEVER a responsible adult, thus was forced to be the emotional "parent" figure, thus never had a normal childhood, thus became an ineffective adult because of never learning how to relate to other people normally. Have a nice day! __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-22-2009, 06:31 AM	#7
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	If only it were that simple, Perry! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

09-18-2009, 10:53 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It's beginning to happen for me all of a sudden. Last month my mom found out that she has chronic kidney disease from all the prescription pain medication she's been taking for her joint pain. So her doctor is adjusting her meds. Hopefully that will work and she will be able to bear the pain without destroying her kidneys any further. My dad, last week and this week, has had intermittent episodes of numbness and tingling over his whole body. Doctors put him on blood thinners while he waits for an appointment with a neurologist. They don't know yet what is wrong, but suspect TIAs, which are a kind of temporary mini stroke. Hopefully the blood thinners will prevent a real stroke from happening. They are in their late 60s and have been extremely vibrant and active their whole lives. I hope this doesn't slow them down too much.

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