Journal Entry for November 8, 2007
November 8, 2007 2:05pm
I haven't posted for awhile, have been very busy, and now my husband and I are getting ready to leave for the holidays in our RV. My health …
Laurensmom
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About Me
Laurensmom
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About Me
I'm semi retired, husband is a commercial insurance broker. We travel in our RV. We have 1 son in the military. Watching my Mom w/alzheimer's has shown me that we should use our RV more and see everything we can. I also have Lupus, and trying to keep up on the many forms of this illness drives me crazy!
I'm semi retired, husband is a commercial insurance broker. We travel in our RV. We have 1 son in the military. Watching my Mom w/alzheimer's has shown me that we should use our RV more and see everything we can. I also have Lupus, and trying to keep up on the many forms of this illness drives me crazy!
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Gardening, traveling, reading (lots of it), cooking My husband just wants to retire!
Gardening, traveling, reading (lots of it), cooking My husband just wants to retire!
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Journal Entry for October 2, 2007
October 2, 2007 7:25pm
I'm writing again today....but I just had to comment that on my profile page my age was updated! How do it know??
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Journal Entry for October 2, 2007
October 2, 2007 7:09pm
Things have been very hectic the last 2 months..my Mom had to leave the nursing home close to me, and I had to take her to an Alzheimer's Center …
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Journal Entry for April 19, 2007
April 19, 2007 5:46pm
I have had a very stressful time with my Mom, so have had a lot of sleepless nights and a lot of aches & pains! Then we had to go to LA on business …
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Journal Entry for March 6, 2007
March 6, 2007 7:20pm
I didn't think I would write again for a couple of days...but guess what? I got a hug! I get hugs from my husband, but this hug was fantastic! I …
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Hi! I have chronic iritis in both eyes and now that vascular migraine that really messed with my eyes. I see my opthalmologist every month or so. What kind of eye issues do you have? It's scary when your eyes are involved isn't it?
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You are so welcome. We helped my parents relocate at the end of April to WA state to be near the rest of the family. They are getting high care at an adult family home. Unfortunately, they aren't doing well physically. I think it was God's way of protecting me from complete overload and to give them time with my sibblings. Take care- Don't feel guilty! I have to remind myself the same thing. Michelle
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I'm so sorry about your mom. You are such a good daughter. Hang in there! Thanks for writing to me about your hair problems too - glad it is not just me. I'm with you on the prednisone, it's a love/hate relationship!
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My mom is going through something very similar. It is almost like a death. I am losing my mom. Hope things stabalize. Michelle
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Thank you so much, Laurensmom. I really like the people here. They are good friends and care alot about others. That is really nice. Connie
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Close Alzheimer's Disease
Stage: Early OnsetMy Mom was diagnosed 1 yr ago. She was still driving @ that time. Thank goodness we live in a small town! She lived with us, but after awhile I couldn't take care of her the way I felt she needed. She is now in a nursing home locally. It about killed me to do this, but she is getting good care.
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Close Lupus
Three years I started getting tired easily, depression was setting in, and I ached all over....THEN, I went for a hair cut, and was told I had a number of bald spots on the top of my head....what a shock! Then I started having sore and bleeding gums...My personal physician sent me to a specialist for arthritis, then my dentist sent me to a specialist who took a bioposy...long story short it took a year to diagnose lupus. The doctor who finally put all the pieces together was my dermatologist.
Treatments
- Celebrex Working / Worked
- Helps my back aches and my hips aching...do not take every day...
- Plaquenil Working / Worked
- My hair started growing back! Evidently that's rare.I'm still taking it, and have had no side effects.
- Prednisone Working / Worked
- The whole time I took this I couldn't sleep, and had a lot of energy...spring cleaned my house twice! At times made me feel very nervous and jittery.
- Atarax Too Soon to Tell
- Dr. just perscribed this for itching. Also helps you sleep w/out feeling drugged next day.
