We received some good news today in the mail. Dad has been accepted in to the VA health care system. Woo hoo! We applied well over one month ago, but had yet to hear anything about his application until today. We were originally worried Dad would be denied benefits because of the lack of VA [...]
Archive for January, 2009
VA Acceptance
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Benefits, Care, Health, Healthcare, Navy, VA, Vetrans on January 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Back to the Gym
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Bike, Blood Clot, Dad, Dinner, Gym, Improvement, Shopping, Weights, Working Out on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For the first in probably six month, Dad went to the gym today. My husband and I have been going every morning mostly while Dad is still asleep. Today, for some weird reason, he awoke quite early and came out on his own. After getting cleaned up, he saw we were getting ready for the [...]
Share Your Opinion and Make a Difference
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Booklet, Dementia, Introduction to Lewy Body Dementia, LBDA, Lewy Body, Lewy Body Dementia, Medical Alert Card, Online, Online Survey, Survey on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I received the following in an email from the LBDA. Please take a moment to help them out.
The Lewy Body Dementia Association’s newest publication, An Introduction to Lewy Body Dementia, is already in high demand by LBD families, physicians and aging resources.
If you’ve already read this booklet, the LBDA would appreciate your participation in a [...]
History and Hospital Visits
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Blood, Dehydrated, Dehydration, Doctor, Fainted, Hallucinations, Historic, Hospital, Inauguration, Lewy, medication, Neurologist, Obama, Pass Out, Pulmonary Embolism, Sinemet, Stroke on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dad had a pretty good day today. From the moment he awoke, he was asking about the inauguration. He quickly got dressed and came out to watch the inauguration on the TV. You could tell he was excited about the day’s historic events as he’s usually not a morning person but today we was up [...]
New Year’s Musings
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Australia, Boston, Care, Difficult, Doctor, Health, Hospital, Lewy, Lewy Body, Medical, New Year, Pulmonary Embolism, Resolution, Stress on January 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Well here we are, heading into a brand new year and I’m finally getting around to a New Year’s reflection post.
As I look back upon 2008, I feel uneasy and stressed just thinking about it. 2008 was a difficult year for our family. Husband and I packed up our lives in Australia and moved home [...]
Things Are Looking Up
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Christmas, Doctor, Hallucinations, Improvement, LBD, Lewy, medication, Neurologist, Rollercoaster, Sinemet on January 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’m happy to report Dad is improving these days. It started around Christmas time and it has been increasingly getting better. I don’t know if he was in a phase that’s part of the Lewy rollercoaster or if it was a result of the amount of medication he was on, or, a combination of everything. [...]
Change
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Beginning Stages, Caregiver, Change, Christmas, Decline, Disease, Doctor, LBD, Lewy, Lewy Body on January 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I know it’s probably not healthy to do this as a caregiver, but during the holidays I couldn’t help but compare Dad’s current state to what he was like last Christmas. During 2008, Dad has definitely declined rather rapidly. For someone who is supposedly in the beginning stages of Lewy Body, according to his doctors, he [...]
Alzheimer’s Association Proclamation
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimers, President on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Join the Alzheimer’s Association in their fight to make Alzheimer’s a national priority. Sign their proclamation to President-Elect Barack Obama by clicking HERE and completing the short form.
While you’re there, you can also fill out the form to contact your Congress officials. Take a few minutes today to make a difference. Thanks.
Holiday Recap
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Ballistic, Christmas, Dementia, Eating, Holiday, Presents, Weight, Weight Loss on January 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Dad did relatively well over the holidays. Some of his better days were on Christmas and New Year’s. Sister flew in from NYC on Christmas Eve so it was nice to have the family together again. Dad was definitely happy to see Sister.
We celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve here because Husband and I had to [...]
Good Day and History Lesson
Posted in Lewy Body Dementia, tagged Dad, Disease, Family, Good, History, Lewy, Navy, Written History on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I know I have to recap from the holidays but I just wanted to share and record what an amazing day Dad had yesterday. It was seriously unbelievable- as if he wasn’t ill at all with this horrible beast of a disease. Dad awoke at 8am, wanted to get up, dressed and ready for the day [...]
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