A reasonable month for Anne, and so a short blog this month. Anne is now virtually silent, but smiling. She merely sits on a seat, says nothing, and looks down towards the floor.
Anne spent a week in respite care while I had a holiday in the Lake District and she appears to have been settled and eating well, although she had been very incontinent. She was attending her day care centre while in respite care and when I went to pick up her belongings, assuming she was at day care, I discovered she was in the respite care lounge with the other day care patients - they were having a little outing for a bakeathon!!
Anne looked forlorn sitting in the lounge and when I approached her it took a while for her to recognise me. As I left, I was a bit weepy as I reflected that this is what it is going to be like in the not too distant future.
However, I was encouraged when she was returned home, as she came bounding off the minibus with that smile and arms outstretched to greet me. Clearly, the familiar surroundings of home had helped her to recognise me.
Fortunately, her incontinence has now settled and she is back into her routine - well, perhaps it should be more accurately described as our routine.
As I write this blog I am in a lot of pain as I have done something to my back muscles. This is a weak spot and it usually takes a few days to ease. However, this time I do feel a bit vulnerable as Anne has no idea of my predicament despite my "aghs" as I move. I really do hope and pray that nothing seriously happens to me while caring for Anne - that is my biggest worry and concern.
Finally, in early September our local Ramblers group have agreed to incorporate the Alzheimer Scotland Memory Walk in Inverness as part of their programme of walks. We will be walking along the Caledonian Canal and I am hoping that Anne will be able to do it. I say that because I have noticed that after a few miles of walking she starts to lean over to one side.
Anyway, if you would like to sponsor us to raise funds for Alzheimer Scotland you can find our fundraising page at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/gordon-h-brown
All donations will be gratefully received.
Until next month,
aye
Gordon
Hello Gordon, i would love to have an uplifting or inspiring word for you - all I can say is we love you both. I sure do not understand God’s plan.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing some of your life through this blog. I read it every month. It usually makes me sad about what you are facing, but it also reminds / inspires me to pray.
Love, Marshall
Alzheimer's illness is common in my family, I have been stressed at work for at least 16 years suffered depression my thoughts were blocked. So I knew the need to keep a watch on it, that was when I began to walk several times a week, 2 miles a day and realized that was a positive thing, but it got to a point my whole body started getting weaker, I needed some help. I started up training, the trainer came to my hometown 5 times a week and he told me that would be able to help me. I agreed with him and was happy I finally found solution not until I woke up one day and couldn't walk. Tried out so many medications and diet but none of them was able to help me. In the process I knew about ZOMO, an herbal medicine for Alzheimer's disease, I followed the blog address shared; I curiously contacted him and got ZOMO. I didn’t want to be disabled at my old age, and was so hungry for more healthy days on earth. My recovery involved both medicine and diet. I never had any complications I experienced while on English medications why using ZOMO. You may contact Dr. Charanjit via his email. charantova@gmail.com or visit his blog via curetoalzheimer.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteAfter months of my Dad's Alzheimer’s free, I think I owe the world a duty to share this testimony. It could help someone out there who needs to be free from Alzheimer’s like my Dad.
ReplyDeleteIt started as a minor difficulty following story-lines. I was scared when he started having Poor sleep and noticed confusion with time or place. First it was at the tonic phase till it became more complicated that I had to see our family doctor. That was when he was 63 years old. I had questions without answers. My friends who never understood what I was going through abandoned me because they were too embarrassed to associate with him. The Confusion with time or places became frequent that was causing him severe discomfort everyday. It got more complicated that I had to make effort so it will not lead to heart disease according to research. I went in search for a cure because I was fed up of treatments and drugs. A lot of folks told me there was no cure to Alzheimer’s; that the best I could get was treatment to manage it, but I just refused to believe them. Thankfully, I read about Herbal medication for Alzheimer’s cure. I discussed with my doctor, he permitted me to try if it will work because Western Medication had dealt with him badly. When we started using Herbal Medication the confused about things which happens a few hours ago or yesterday was no longer frequent! Within 2months, I noticed tremendous changes he never had for 2 months of using English Medicine. For 9 months and counting, he have never had confusion about things which happens a few hours ago or yesterday not even for a second. I have been reaching out to people with Alzheimer’s telling them our story how they can get cured through Herbal medication that worked for my Dad. curetoalzheimer.blogspot.com You may contact the doctor via charantova@gmail.com
I can’t forget in a hurry my Mom's horrible years of fight with Mental ailment (Alzheimer). My Mom got really sick around Christmas that year. When I saw her in the hospital with all those tubes, I just lost it. I got so hysterical that I had to be escorted out. Soon after that, I got into that altercation with my neighbor and was sent to jail. When I got out of jail, Her symptoms were acting up and I felt so angry. Dad had already taken her to a state psychiatric hospital. I was really nervous, but I talked to a psychiatrist there who made me feel comfortable. For the first time, she opened up about what she was experiencing—the voices, not being able to remember things, the paranoia. She said, “Your mom is battling Alzheimer.” I didn’t even know what that meant.
ReplyDeleteHe suggested that when she got out of the hospital and off the treatments she was taking there, we try a new treatment for Alzheimer. After weighing the risks and benefits, we both agreed the treatment, given through monthly injections, might help control her symptoms. Meanwhile, I made friends, and gained insight into her illness. During the week, there were movies, cooking classes and education sessions about her disease—basically, activities to help people like her get back into society. I learned about Alzheimer and what some of her triggers were. All told, she stayed there for two months and we left, I was taking her for doctor’s appointments and grocery shopping. It was hard, especially when her birthday passed, I still helped her walk, fix her food and dress her which made me sad because she was very active at 69 until the illness struck her.
I came across a herbal medication sometimes last year called zomo but before we started the treatment, we started a day rehabilitation program, and also started the new medication with zomo. I was working hard to achieve my care goals by following the treatment plan. Her symptoms got under control within three months, as she started feeling better. First she regained interest in the things she used to enjoy, like calling/visiting our family and friends for lunch and going for walks in the park and grocery shopping. I will never forget what I went through, or what it took for her to get here. I don’t take any of it for granted. I consider myself an advocate for people who don’t have any knowledge about this herbal medicine. To anyone who’s taken the time to read this that may be struggling with this awful ailment (Alzheimer), reach out, share, I guarantee you reach out to charantova@gmail.com, and know, that as lonely as you may feel, as hopeless as you believe things are, please know, that there are so many patients out there going through same and you are never alone! reach out to him so you could share your own testimony to let others know there is hope.