tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667284174716376085.post8333872097111540823..comments2023-06-12T04:22:39.996-07:00Comments on Ahead of the Wave: I Can't Fix It, But I Keep TryingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667284174716376085.post-27050116975778433422010-06-30T06:50:56.147-07:002010-06-30T06:50:56.147-07:00You sure captured 'it'.You sure captured 'it'.MMHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17326387805319849806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667284174716376085.post-16818226254256056352010-06-27T20:21:18.287-07:002010-06-27T20:21:18.287-07:00I am so sad to hear this. The best thing is that y...I am so sad to hear this. The best thing is that you are there for her - even when you feel helpless, you are there and I know it must make a difference for her.<br /><br />I talked to my mom on the phone this weekend. Since her move from living alone to the assisted living place, there's a big difference. She is now in daily contact with other human beings, and it feels as if she has returned to the human race again. She's human again. A pain in the ass and a contrarian, but still, human - connecting. No longer a feral granny, as she was before.<br /><br />She has joined the resident committee to advise (read - critique) the food service. I'm sure the staff loves that.Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667284174716376085.post-67420775448383806772010-06-27T00:03:41.510-07:002010-06-27T00:03:41.510-07:00I am very close to my mother and she always had a ...I am very close to my mother and she always had a healthy lifestyle so somehow I could never imagine her developing any sort of health problems. Somehow, you never imagine these things happening to you. It is sad that everyone has to face this. At 75, my mom does not have dementia, but last year she developed these vertigo attacks that come about every eight weeks. Yesterday she had another attack. I was hoping the medication she got from the neurologist would help, but it doesn't at all. I believe it is an inner ear problem, similar to Menière's disease.<br />Like you, there is nothing I can do to fix this problem and feel sad that life has to be the way it is. (Tina)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667284174716376085.post-14043657073298128912010-06-24T11:00:06.403-07:002010-06-24T11:00:06.403-07:00So sad. I can't imagine what this must be lik...So sad. I can't imagine what this must be like. <br /><br />I read a very short article in the June 2010 issue of Psychology Today that said apple juice helps to ease the anxiety dementia suffers feel. It also helped with their cognitive behaviour and it only took one glass a day, if I recall correctly. Unfortunately, the article isn't available on their website, just in their magazine. If you can't find it, e-mail me privately (address on my blog) and I'll get the information to you. Every little bit...<br /><br />xoxo<br />CarolynnCarolynn Anctilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566204713508877389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667284174716376085.post-74938225842817727252010-06-23T15:02:10.879-07:002010-06-23T15:02:10.879-07:00Dementia is so sad. Last week Ed went and visited...Dementia is so sad. Last week Ed went and visited his mom. I asked him how it went and whether she talked to him. He said she talked and he thought things went very well until she asked him. "And how is your mother? What is she doing these days?" It's so sad. We roll her out to see the ducks on the pond. "Sted, let's go see the ducks". She always says the same thing, "No; it is too cold outside". We take her out anyway and she feels the heat of the sun on her back and says, "Oh that feels so good"! That is what we call a good visit.Brenda Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205370445553406208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667284174716376085.post-81767122352100814892010-06-23T12:54:52.850-07:002010-06-23T12:54:52.850-07:00Oh Kate, I'm so sorry. Dementia is evil.Oh Kate, I'm so sorry. Dementia is evil.Kathleen @ ForgingAheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898474543669255082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667284174716376085.post-10859917000411023812010-06-22T22:28:03.630-07:002010-06-22T22:28:03.630-07:00We would like to fix things, Kate, but we can'...We would like to fix things, Kate, but we can't. Whether it's our elderly parents or our grown children, their lives do not belong to us. This lesson is driven home to me over and over again. This evening my husband and I looked at each other and said, "It is what it is." Things are not going the way we want them to, but it's not our call. I send out compassionate thoughts...and stay up late at night, which doesn't help at all.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448211798237937246noreply@blogger.com