Archive for the ‘Health Care’ Category
Again, we had to have a blood test for Mom’s INR. The levels were not good, and it seems Mom isn’t the only one experiencing such a fluctuation. According to the lab worker, they have been doing a fair number of re-tests over the last month, though it seems to be settling down now.
Makes you …
It is very hard, to fathom how little things snowball, and become so major.
First it is the nagging for some new cream, to get rid of facial hairs for her, and then it becomes a fixation, but then my mind isn’t worrying about whether there is strand or two of facial hair, when the infection …
The older one gets, I think it becomes more important on keeping track of details, of doctor visits, nurse visits, test results, but man, it takes a lot of preparation to do. Even if you are computer savvy, it is difficult to anticipate what you need to track, and then HOW.
I’ve used Excel, and yet, …
Lesson for the day, Dementia isn’t Alzheimer’s.
Okay, it is, and it isn’t. Googling Dementia got me to the official website for the Alzheimer Society of Canada, that has some pretty good information, that isn’t difficult to find. And that is despite the rather dated site layout, but hey, it works. (and that’s the web designer …
Naturally, one needs to look at natural means, to try and aid the medicines, or conditions. Least if you truly want to be proactive in fighting diseases & such. So the official website, for osteoporosis, has a chart on the daily Calcium requirements. For someone my age, & for Mom, it is 1500mg.
Like an idiot, I went …
The Doctor said it was to be expected, that as one gets olders, things happen. Brittle bones is just one of a host of things, that aging seems to inflict on people, which makes me question GOD a little. I know, they say one should question the Master Plan, but I do. Then too, I …
Read MoreNice combination to get hit with, isn’t it? Oh and let’s not forget the high blood pressure and the hernia either. Did I mention she is ninety two? I feel gut kicked about now, as I try to digest all this.
The Bone Density test was not good news. It seems Mom has Osteoporosis, which simply …
Our Doctor had a swallowing assessment done for mom. It cost us $165.00 to have some lady show up, all fermished (yiddish for mixed up, confused) as she had lost her keys. Long and short of it, is she assessed mom for about an hour, then supposedly consulted with the Doctor.
Now that is well and …
I think one of the biggest issues I have, in caring for Mom, is in getting her to do things, that she needs to do, to stay healthy.
Take the simple matter of drinking enough fluids.
I have never seen someone so stubborn, in not drinking enough fluids. I get her the kind of juices she wants, …
