My leukemia's back.

[wyoDreamer]

My Dad is starting to have spells of short term memory loss. It is sad to see. My poor mom having to watch him slowly go downhill, it must be so hard for her. I don't go visit enough. That will have to change.

 

[bobbi-j]

And Ken and I worked ourselves to total exhaustion trying to get his events scheduled so we got many of them done before winter set in. Yeah, right. Our calendar is full, and we’ve got THIS to contend with. Those are all passes we need to take, starting on June 2nd, mostly over the Bighorn Mountains.

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[ronott1]

I made the mistake of answering the phone without checking caller ID and it was mom's twin sister the one who's harassed me most since her death. And after I got off the phone with her I came to suspect either she has dementia (or similar disease) or is mentally ill (one sister has bi-polar). I was thinking about this whole pile of fertilizer they spread, I know out of 8 kids including mom, 3 are/were diagnosed with dementia (mom was one) 3 have been diagnosed with depression (one also has dementia) 1 bipolar so 6/8 are diagnosed with something. and it appears the other 2 have something. I am glad now I never had kids to spread that stuff to them, and they don't have to see me go mentally off when I get old.

There have been some studies that found a connection between depression and dementia. There is likely a genetic connection too

 

[ronott1]

My Dad is starting to have spells of short term memory loss. It is sad to see. My poor mom having to watch him slowly go downhill, it must be so hard for her. I don't go visit enough. That will have to change.

encourage them to get him checked out! There are some causes of memory loss that are curable, like mini strokes

It is very hard to see. I watched it with one of my Gran Parents. She had the mini stroke type and could not form long term memories

 

[Cynthia12]

Cynthia, sometimes I come across wrong. It's automatic that I'm sorry to hear news like that, and automatic that I'll pray for your hubby's brother. BUT if I don't say it, how do you know that? I had already moved on to why they're dragging their feet with his test results, which gives the impression I have no compassion. Please know that I am very sorry to hear this news, and he's in my prayers. I hope too, that they get the test results soon.

No worries! You're good. Didn't come across like that. We're wondering by now, if he has them, just not sharing.

 

[Alaskan]

Little stressed.

Have to drive 2 hours 1 way...

To see if I am having a retinal detachment

 

[Alaskan]

Right now motionless waiting for a pilot car... yeah...roadwork...

And I need to get up there to the next town before the doc goes home for the day.

 

[Alaskan]

Dang, dang, dang

 

[Alaskan]

4:19 here...20 minutes left to drive... and road work...

Motionless.

Sorry... kind of freaked myself out...

It isn't ALL of the classic signs of a detachment.... so highly likely it is something else.... but still


Freaking...

I like seeing

 

[sourland]

Hoping it's something less dramatic, 'Al'. Freak not - you'll get there. Are you the one driving ?