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Subject: Re: Re: Hopsice/end of life drugs To: [email]LBDcaregivers [/email] Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 5:06 PM LOL, It makes perfectly good sense to me about sedating family and not the patient at the time of death. There coul

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, My Mom (her name is , too)fell and broke her hip in May. She had replacement surgery. She came out of the surgery OK and had very little pain. Being in the hospital and later in rehab was probably the worst part for her... it was very disorientin

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> > Donna, Thanks! I just bought some chicken noodle soup - that would be good as it's salty. Jello is a great idea, too. Thank you so much for taking the time to write. You know how much it means... Dorene

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> > Kat, I am so sorry for you loss. I can't believe it happened so fast. I don't know what to say except I'm sorry for the pain I know you're in. I will be thinking of you and your Mom. Dorene > > >

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> >Kat, I'm so sorry. I feel like you and I are on parallel paths. On the radio program I heard this morning, they said there are three elements to achieving a " good death. " One is the absence of obstacles, such as pain or nausea. The second

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> Donna, Yes, we have been thinking there's something else going on. We took a urine sample to the lab and it came back inconclusive, but the dr gave us penicillin anyway; she just finished that. I don't know what else it could be and we hate to d

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> > > > Dorene, > > > > If you have hospice, please ask them for some of the information > they have in print to help you through this. > > > > also has some in the files and she has recently put up > direct links. It is as important to have infor

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> > > > Margaret, what does this Dr. think is wrong with your mother if > it's not > > LBD? Has anyone asked for specific reasons from him/her? Also, what > is the > > diovan and temazepam supposed to treat? Also how did you find an > Internist to

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> > > > My father is finally at peace. He passed last evening around 11:00 > > p.m. it was his 84th birthday. I consider it the best birthday gift he > > could have received. It was grueling watching the process over the > > last two weeks. I am

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> > > > Though I don't think Namenda would do this, why is he on it 2x a > > day? Anyone else ever heard of that? > Hi, Lynn. Bob is on namenda and has since 2003. He takes 10mg in am and 10mg in pm. But before he started this dosage it was about 4

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> > > >Kat, > > I'm so sorry. I feel like you and I are on parallel paths. > > On the radio program I heard this morning, they said there are three > elements to achieving a " good death. " > > One is the absence of obstacles, such as pain or naus

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Hi Doreen, In answer to your question, are you asking for a medication for pain or anxiety? Ultram has been suggested here for pain in place of Morphine. One member here a year or so ago, put it into an acronym of medications that Hospice gives.

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Holly, There isn't sundowning with LBDers like with Alzheimers, although some LBDers will have better days than evenings as with Alzheimers. My husband anytime of the day could suddenly show sundowning type behaviors, I never knew what to expect

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Holly: I'm just going to add a couple of comments - just what I think. My husband didn't have PD, so didn't take Sinemet, but I have heard many say that too much causes worse hallucinations/delusions, so take that for what it's worth. I wou

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Jan, I wouldn't doubt that it could have if he was fighting it. When I had surgery, they put the tube down my throat after I was out. I complained about it bothering me after the surgery and causing me not to be able to sleep that night, so

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Leah, if you still haven't been able to find " Signiture " , it could be because you are in " All New Mail " I don't know why, but I could only find " Signiture " in " Mail Classic " , if you are in " All New Mail " Up in the top left c

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Leah, my husband hadn't eaten much for awhile, but when they discontinued both food and water, it took about four days. They can't subsist long without liquid, but I think their body can draw on itself for food for awhile. Most people go from

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Meri Jane, I am sorry to hear of your father's passing but know that it was time for him to get the peace he so badly needed, as did you. Prayers and thoughts with you in the cominbg days. June C. -- Dad past peacefully Thank you a

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The first thing I would say is that the meds are the problems with your mother's outbursts/anger. Haldol is absolutely considered a no-no, and most places don't even use it anymore. I can't imagine the doctor even prescribing that. Respridol

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Subject: Re: Re: Hopsice/end of life drugs To: [email]LBDcaregivers [/email] Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 5:06 PM LOL, It makes perfectly good sense to me about sedating family and not the patient at the time of death. There coul

, My Mom (her name is , too)fell and broke her hip in May. She had replacement surgery. She came out of the surgery OK and had very little pain. Being in the hospital and later in rehab was probably the worst part for her... it was very disorientin

> > Donna, Thanks! I just bought some chicken noodle soup - that would be good as it's salty. Jello is a great idea, too. Thank you so much for taking the time to write. You know how much it means... Dorene

> > Kat, I am so sorry for you loss. I can't believe it happened so fast. I don't know what to say except I'm sorry for the pain I know you're in. I will be thinking of you and your Mom. Dorene > > >

> >Kat, I'm so sorry. I feel like you and I are on parallel paths. On the radio program I heard this morning, they said there are three elements to achieving a " good death. " One is the absence of obstacles, such as pain or nausea. The second

> Donna, Yes, we have been thinking there's something else going on. We took a urine sample to the lab and it came back inconclusive, but the dr gave us penicillin anyway; she just finished that. I don't know what else it could be and we hate to d

> > > > Dorene, > > > > If you have hospice, please ask them for some of the information > they have in print to help you through this. > > > > also has some in the files and she has recently put up > direct links. It is as important to have infor

> > > > Margaret, what does this Dr. think is wrong with your mother if > it's not > > LBD? Has anyone asked for specific reasons from him/her? Also, what > is the > > diovan and temazepam supposed to treat? Also how did you find an > Internist to

> > > > My father is finally at peace. He passed last evening around 11:00 > > p.m. it was his 84th birthday. I consider it the best birthday gift he > > could have received. It was grueling watching the process over the > > last two weeks. I am

> > > > Though I don't think Namenda would do this, why is he on it 2x a > > day? Anyone else ever heard of that? > Hi, Lynn. Bob is on namenda and has since 2003. He takes 10mg in am and 10mg in pm. But before he started this dosage it was about 4

> > > >Kat, > > I'm so sorry. I feel like you and I are on parallel paths. > > On the radio program I heard this morning, they said there are three > elements to achieving a " good death. " > > One is the absence of obstacles, such as pain or naus

Hi Doreen, In answer to your question, are you asking for a medication for pain or anxiety? Ultram has been suggested here for pain in place of Morphine. One member here a year or so ago, put it into an acronym of medications that Hospice gives.

Holly, There isn't sundowning with LBDers like with Alzheimers, although some LBDers will have better days than evenings as with Alzheimers. My husband anytime of the day could suddenly show sundowning type behaviors, I never knew what to expect

Holly: I'm just going to add a couple of comments - just what I think. My husband didn't have PD, so didn't take Sinemet, but I have heard many say that too much causes worse hallucinations/delusions, so take that for what it's worth. I wou

Jan, I liked it better when you could just click on the ones you wanted to have the signature on, as I don't want that signature on my other e-mails. That must be one of the things Yahoo changed. From: jonaslaj <jonaslaj (AT) yahoo (DOT) com

Jan, I wouldn't doubt that it could have if he was fighting it. When I had surgery, they put the tube down my throat after I was out. I complained about it bothering me after the surgery and causing me not to be able to sleep that night, so

Leah, if you still haven't been able to find " Signiture " , it could be because you are in " All New Mail " I don't know why, but I could only find " Signiture " in " Mail Classic " , if you are in " All New Mail " Up in the top left c

Leah, my husband hadn't eaten much for awhile, but when they discontinued both food and water, it took about four days. They can't subsist long without liquid, but I think their body can draw on itself for food for awhile. Most people go from

Meri Jane, I am sorry to hear of your father's passing but know that it was time for him to get the peace he so badly needed, as did you. Prayers and thoughts with you in the cominbg days. June C. -- Dad past peacefully Thank you a

The first thing I would say is that the meds are the problems with your mother's outbursts/anger. Haldol is absolutely considered a no-no, and most places don't even use it anymore. I can't imagine the doctor even prescribing that. Respridol

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