The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[CapricornFarm]

Thank goodness!! Tell him BYC keeps you busy

Love the pictures Sunflour!
I look in the mirror now a days and my mother is looking back at me. Scary how the age creeps up on a person!
I lost one of my new girls the other day ...and not to a predator. I went out to the coop to let them out and she was laying on the ground. Must have happened right after we locked them up. She had just started laying eggs.

I am scared i may turn into my mother! She has Alzheimer's. Every time i forget something i worry.

 

[DigMyChicks]

Oh, i am sorry for the loss of your hen. Eggbound maybe?

Thanks, could be. She was a new layer. She let me pick her up on Sunday which was odd but she didn't act like she was in pain.

 

[DigMyChicks]

I am scared i may turn into my mother! She has Alzheimer's. Every time i forget something i worry.

My father in law had that in his early 60's so I worry about hubby getting it. Hard to watch them deteriorate.

 

[CapricornFarm]

My father in law had that in his early 60's so I worry about hubby getting it. Hard to watch them deteriorate.

Great grandmother, grandmother, aunt , mom , and possibly dad all had it. I got tested but came out ok so far.

 

[drumstick diva]

I've always been kind of ditzy, so hoping that is just my personality and not dementia.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I forget stuff a lot lately haha

 

[ShrekDawg]

As for gardens, we have TONS of tomatoes right now, more than we know what to do with lol some peppers. Not many but a few. All are delicious!

The rain is killing my beautiful tomato plants though

Well, I think I put too much fertilizer on at first so they were slightly burning but now with all the rain from the hurricanes which only stopped the other day they're dying :/
Still producing though i think

 

[ShrekDawg]

And slugs and chipmunks have gotten to some but we have enough to share

 

[ronott1]

I took a DNA test with 23 and me. I have a slightly increased risk of late onset Alzheimer--after 65 years old

There are some things to do:
Keep your mind active
Move! A study found that even with Alzheimer type brain changes, those that were not sedentary did not show symptoms. Many that showed symptoms and were sedentary did not have brain changes.
Eat a healthy diet--vegetables and some fruit. Fatty fish and or take fish oil for omega 3

There were other things but it seems like these are the top three

 

[CapricornFarm]

I took a DNA test with 23 and me. I have a slightly increased risk of late onset Alzheimer--after 65 years old

There are some things to do:
Keep your mind active
Move! A study found that even with Alzheimer type brain changes, those that were not sedentary did not show symptoms. Many that showed symptoms and were sedentary did not have brain changes.
Eat a healthy diet--vegetables and some fruit. Fatty fish and or take fish oil for omega 3

There were other things but it seems like these are the top three

I have heard from doctors that if you live long enough you will eventually develop Alzheimer's.