Kimianne
08-28-2003, 01:01 PM
Hi all:
My father finally had his nuerologist appointment.
He was told that he has had PD for a long time and just recently started the tremors. The doctor said that the dementia is part of the Parkinsons.
The memory and confusion problems started about 4 years ago. Everything I've read says that dementia is in the late stages of PD. What do you think? Does this sound right?
FYI: The tremors came on VERY fast. And started with the whole hand. His shuffle and freezing also came out of the blue and are just there.
Thanks for any input.
------------------
Kimi
Life is a gift. Your loved ones are the benefits.
Respect them both and you will reap the rewards.
My father finally had his nuerologist appointment.
He was told that he has had PD for a long time and just recently started the tremors. The doctor said that the dementia is part of the Parkinsons.
The memory and confusion problems started about 4 years ago. Everything I've read says that dementia is in the late stages of PD. What do you think? Does this sound right?
FYI: The tremors came on VERY fast. And started with the whole hand. His shuffle and freezing also came out of the blue and are just there.
Thanks for any input.
------------------
Kimi
Life is a gift. Your loved ones are the benefits.
Respect them both and you will reap the rewards.
Sponsor
Bruce
08-28-2003, 03:22 PM
Hi Kimi, dementia uually appears in people over 70. Symptoms such as very poor concentration (mind will wander and he will forget what he is doing.) Memory loaa where he might not be able to spell a simple word or count numbers) His reasoning ability is likely to be inhibited.
Googy can tell you more then i, but another problem to keep in mind is older people are more susceptale to drug side effects. Their are drugs that they claim can improve the thinking process, but i am not sure they are effective.
Take care, Bruce
Googy can tell you more then i, but another problem to keep in mind is older people are more susceptale to drug side effects. Their are drugs that they claim can improve the thinking process, but i am not sure they are effective.
Take care, Bruce
Kimianne
08-28-2003, 03:42 PM
Hi Bruce:
Hope all is well with you. As always thank you for your input. Everything is so new for me.
Maybe, Googy will read and add her input.
By the way, How's the garden?
Take care my friend.
------------------
Kimi
Life is a gift. Your loved ones are the benefits.
Respect them both and you will reap the rewards.
Hope all is well with you. As always thank you for your input. Everything is so new for me.
Maybe, Googy will read and add her input.
By the way, How's the garden?
Take care my friend.
------------------
Kimi
Life is a gift. Your loved ones are the benefits.
Respect them both and you will reap the rewards.
Bruce
08-28-2003, 07:09 PM
Hi Kimi, Googy will check in later.
The garden turned out pretty good. I kept my neighbors supplied with green beans plus had a lot of zuchinni. I just planted some Fall spinach and it is coming up.
It's so hot and humid I don't last long outside. I just work on the plots a little each day, but eventuallly i get it done. It is so much easier planting raised plots. I have one small plot that is completly filled up with strawberries and no toxic chemicals were used.
I have learned a lot and should do better next year. I get more yield in the plots than before.
Bruce
The garden turned out pretty good. I kept my neighbors supplied with green beans plus had a lot of zuchinni. I just planted some Fall spinach and it is coming up.
It's so hot and humid I don't last long outside. I just work on the plots a little each day, but eventuallly i get it done. It is so much easier planting raised plots. I have one small plot that is completly filled up with strawberries and no toxic chemicals were used.
I have learned a lot and should do better next year. I get more yield in the plots than before.
Bruce
Googy
08-29-2003, 12:01 AM
Kimi,
My husband has dementia.It started in 1994.He told me then he couldn't remember.His PD was DX when he was 52.He is now 81.He also has "sundowners."Late afternoon gets worse. 30 % of PLWP develope dementia.Some meds can make it worse.My husband is just on Sinemet CR.We dropped all others in 1994.He is on the lowest possible dose.He had severe dyskinsias,so we cut back on the meds.But too less more disablement.He went in a nursing home June 10th.He has been in a wheelchair for many years.He is getting better care than I could ever give him.Treasure your Dad .I can see you are very concerned about him.
Googy
My husband has dementia.It started in 1994.He told me then he couldn't remember.His PD was DX when he was 52.He is now 81.He also has "sundowners."Late afternoon gets worse. 30 % of PLWP develope dementia.Some meds can make it worse.My husband is just on Sinemet CR.We dropped all others in 1994.He is on the lowest possible dose.He had severe dyskinsias,so we cut back on the meds.But too less more disablement.He went in a nursing home June 10th.He has been in a wheelchair for many years.He is getting better care than I could ever give him.Treasure your Dad .I can see you are very concerned about him.
Googy
Kimianne
08-29-2003, 09:40 AM
Good Morning:
Bruce: Your garden sounds awesome! I just bought a house last August and being a single mom bought what I could afford - not much land. So I want to do the raised gardens too. This year a lot has been going on and didn't get the chance. Hopefully, over the winter I can investigate and research then start one in the spring. Maybe, I can turn to my new friend for some advice?
Googy: Thank you for your post. I am so sorry to hear about your husband. This is such a terrible illness. It seems to take everything. At the moment my dad's head and neck lean to the left and down. My dad hasn't started his PD meds yet. The prescriptions get mailed in to a pharmacy and they haven't come in yet. Does it sound right to you that the dementia was appartent before any other signs?
I apologize if my post seems a little jumbled this morning. After my dad's diagnois my sisters decided to come from Ca for a visit. The last one left this morning and I've been up and sentimental for too long now.
Take care both of you.
------------------
Kimi
Life is a gift. Your loved ones are the benefits.
Respect them both and you will reap the rewards.
Bruce: Your garden sounds awesome! I just bought a house last August and being a single mom bought what I could afford - not much land. So I want to do the raised gardens too. This year a lot has been going on and didn't get the chance. Hopefully, over the winter I can investigate and research then start one in the spring. Maybe, I can turn to my new friend for some advice?
Googy: Thank you for your post. I am so sorry to hear about your husband. This is such a terrible illness. It seems to take everything. At the moment my dad's head and neck lean to the left and down. My dad hasn't started his PD meds yet. The prescriptions get mailed in to a pharmacy and they haven't come in yet. Does it sound right to you that the dementia was appartent before any other signs?
I apologize if my post seems a little jumbled this morning. After my dad's diagnois my sisters decided to come from Ca for a visit. The last one left this morning and I've been up and sentimental for too long now.
Take care both of you.
------------------
Kimi
Life is a gift. Your loved ones are the benefits.
Respect them both and you will reap the rewards.
Bruce
08-29-2003, 02:49 PM
Kimi, i am a terrible typist, so i typed it first on the word procsser. If you are interested, i will give you a source foor the fertilizer and the vermiculite.
Raised garden plot
You can make it as small as 3 feet by 3 feet and can grow three tomato plants using the wire supports that you place over the plants inserting the wire prongs into the ground.
For growing something like green beans, 4 feet by four feet is large enough.
Keep in mind the soil mixture should be at least 6 inches for beans or zuchinni, and at least 8 inches deep for tomatoes. You can have a small strawberry plot at least 3 feet by three feet.
For the frame, any old boards about four inches wide and of equal length, All I did was choose a fairly level ground that would drain well, and skim off the grass where the frame will set and then set the boards to form a square, propping the boards up with the soil you dg up.
For the soil mixture I dump about 15-20 bags of top soil inside the frame. I add a large bag (32 quart) of vermiculite or perlite to loosen up the top soil.
A month before planting, add 5-5-5 organic fertilizer to the plot and mx well.
When you plant seed, you must keep the soil wet or the seed won’t come up. Plants have to be watered often, because the soil dries out quickly. I measure the distances between plants. I planted four zucchini plants 2 feet apart. Potatoes one foot apart, strawberries one foot apart.
It’s not fancy, but it worked for me.
Raised garden plot
You can make it as small as 3 feet by 3 feet and can grow three tomato plants using the wire supports that you place over the plants inserting the wire prongs into the ground.
For growing something like green beans, 4 feet by four feet is large enough.
Keep in mind the soil mixture should be at least 6 inches for beans or zuchinni, and at least 8 inches deep for tomatoes. You can have a small strawberry plot at least 3 feet by three feet.
For the frame, any old boards about four inches wide and of equal length, All I did was choose a fairly level ground that would drain well, and skim off the grass where the frame will set and then set the boards to form a square, propping the boards up with the soil you dg up.
For the soil mixture I dump about 15-20 bags of top soil inside the frame. I add a large bag (32 quart) of vermiculite or perlite to loosen up the top soil.
A month before planting, add 5-5-5 organic fertilizer to the plot and mx well.
When you plant seed, you must keep the soil wet or the seed won’t come up. Plants have to be watered often, because the soil dries out quickly. I measure the distances between plants. I planted four zucchini plants 2 feet apart. Potatoes one foot apart, strawberries one foot apart.
It’s not fancy, but it worked for me.
lindadkc24
09-12-2003, 02:23 AM
hi there i am new to the list .. i am a caregiver to my father in law that has Dementia with Lewy Bodies.
there is a lot of doctors out there that have not of heard it . my FIL has parkinson with dementia lewy bodies .. so he had both.. and what i have read on here some of the things look similar to what he has so thought i would tell you .. hope that is ok.. thanks lindad
[This message has been edited by moderator2 (edited 09-12-2003).]
there is a lot of doctors out there that have not of heard it . my FIL has parkinson with dementia lewy bodies .. so he had both.. and what i have read on here some of the things look similar to what he has so thought i would tell you .. hope that is ok.. thanks lindad
[This message has been edited by moderator2 (edited 09-12-2003).]
lindadkc24
09-14-2003, 01:40 AM
This message has been edited by moderator2 (edited 09-12-2003).]
i would like to know what i did wrong.. so i won't do it again.. thanks . lindad
i would like to know what i did wrong.. so i won't do it again.. thanks . lindad
corgi_o_ner
11-08-2003, 06:17 PM
Hi all:
My father finally had his nuerologist appointment.
He was told that he has had PD for a long time and just recently started the tremors. The doctor said that the dementia is part of the Parkinsons.
The memory and confusion problems started about 4 years ago. Everything I've read says that dementia is in the late stages of PD. What do you think? Does this sound right?
FYI: The tremors came on VERY fast. And started with the whole hand. His shuffle and freezing also came out of the blue and are just there.
Thanks for any input.
------------------
Kimi
Life is a gift. Your loved ones are the benefits.
Respect them both and you will reap the rewards.
Hi All,
There seems to be more than one way to aquire dementia. The most common appears to be naturally progressive with age called "Organic Brain Syndrome". Do not know if this is related to "Lewy Body Syndrome". Lewy Bodys are deposits or a type of plaque that remains when PD affected brain cells have withered away. I do believe there is a medication that actually "cleans up" elevated levels of Lewy Bodies. My only reference to this is that my Stepfather suffered from severe dimentia from PD. He was treated and regained enough function to come back home from a facility. Also I wanted to mention that Cinamets extended release formula has a side effect of elevated dyskinesia. Changing back to the standard formula may stop the "Busy Legs" problem.
Hope this helps,
Gary
My father finally had his nuerologist appointment.
He was told that he has had PD for a long time and just recently started the tremors. The doctor said that the dementia is part of the Parkinsons.
The memory and confusion problems started about 4 years ago. Everything I've read says that dementia is in the late stages of PD. What do you think? Does this sound right?
FYI: The tremors came on VERY fast. And started with the whole hand. His shuffle and freezing also came out of the blue and are just there.
Thanks for any input.
------------------
Kimi
Life is a gift. Your loved ones are the benefits.
Respect them both and you will reap the rewards.
Hi All,
There seems to be more than one way to aquire dementia. The most common appears to be naturally progressive with age called "Organic Brain Syndrome". Do not know if this is related to "Lewy Body Syndrome". Lewy Bodys are deposits or a type of plaque that remains when PD affected brain cells have withered away. I do believe there is a medication that actually "cleans up" elevated levels of Lewy Bodies. My only reference to this is that my Stepfather suffered from severe dimentia from PD. He was treated and regained enough function to come back home from a facility. Also I wanted to mention that Cinamets extended release formula has a side effect of elevated dyskinesia. Changing back to the standard formula may stop the "Busy Legs" problem.
Hope this helps,
Gary