We went to a new GP last week and he seemed to be pretty good. A bit old, but he appeared to be up on everything with Lewy Body and completely agreed that Dad was being over-medicated. In fact, he was absolutely shocked to see the number of drugs Dad was on. So, he’s starting to slowly ween [...]
Archive for July, 2008
New Doctor = Less Medication
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Blood Work, Dad, Doctor, Drugs, Fatigued, GP, Lewy Body, medication, Medicines, Namenda, Neurologist, Over-Medicated, Swallowing, Weight on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Things Aren’t Getting Better
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Choke, Cognitive, Doctor, Drink, Eat, Eating, Ensure, Fear, Geriatric, Ice Cream, Lewy Body Dementia, Liquids, medication, Meds, Over-Medicated, Puppy, Speech Therapy, Swallow, Swallowing, Weight, Weight Loss on July 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you’ve read my previous post, Things Are Slowly Seeming Better, you’d know that Dad seemed to be improving. We were slowly weening him off of a “bad” medicine and it appeared to really make a difference in Dad’s behaviour and overall well-being.
Well, lately, Dad hasn’t been doing too well. He’s barely eating anything and [...]
Working Out
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Bike, Coordination, Dad, Exercise, Gym, iPod, Muscle Control, Parkinsonism, Rigid, Rigidity, Weights, Working Out on July 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Dad works out at the gym. I think he likes going more for just being able to get out of the house and partly because he likes routine but I’m sure he also likes the exercise. Every time we go, he does 15 minutes on the sit down bike and [...]
Make New Friends
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Boston, Chatting, Conversation, Dad, Friend, Friendly, Gym, LBD, Speech, Talk on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dad made a new “friend” today. He was an elderly gentleman by the name of Mike and they met at the gym. Dad was wearing a Boston Red Sox shirt so that struck up a conversation since they both lived in the Boston area for many years.
I have to admit, at first, I was a [...]
Sista Is In The Hizzie!
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Dad, Sister, Summer on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That’s Boston speak for Sister is in the house… woot, woot!
Yesterday, Sister arrived from New York City to spend the rest of the summer with us. Dad is so happy to have her here… and so is Mom. Dad anxiously awaited her arrival and counted down the hours until her plane arrived. It was great to [...]
Road Trip
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged 4th of July, Agitated, Arizona, Dad, Tired on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I hope everyone had a very happy 4th of July weekend.
For the holiday, we all decided to get away for a few days… even Puppy. We loaded up the car on Thursday and hit the open road for Arizona. Dad has always loved Arizona. Since I was four years old, my family has taken yearly [...]
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