Re: Question about sleeping positions

[Guest guest]

My goodness Adrienne, You are building another full house! What a structure!

Love it. I was admiring the pretty blue tile and saw a picture where they

were tearing it out. OH NO! That was pretty. But, then I got a look at the

windows and OOOOOh I love it. How I would have loved a place to paint in like

that. I don't paint anymore, but it's nice to dream.

I think of our creature comforts very often. I lived in Ohio for almost 16

years, and know the cold and dreary days south of Lake Erie. We went weeks at

a time without seeing the sun. I am from warm sunny southern Florida. Need I

say more? I don't think so.

I love your new addition. Hope to see the finished product too.

Sleeping positions in my opinion do make a difference. The stomach position

does not allow for enough oxygen, hence all the symptoms he has. It isn't all

Lewy. Babies can die from sleeping on their stomachs. That position pushes

the stomach up into the diaphragm and causes the person to take in only a

small amount of oxygen. An oxygen deprived person can be " very out of it. " Just

my humble opinion.

Love a lot,

Imogene

In a message dated 11/11/2008 6:57:58 PM Central Standard Time,

i_whitehouse@... writes:

Hi folks,

I know I'll never catch up on all the posts but I just want to say hello and

wish everyone an extra shred of sanity and calm to deal with Lewylife. When

things get bad it's good to consider the things that are good. I for one am

very grateful for indoor plumbing, heat and air, green tea and the seemingly

infinite variety of cheeses. This episode of life would be soooo much

harder without creature comforts we often take for granted.

I'd like your observations about sleeping positions. When my father sleeps

on his back or side, he can usually talk in the morning and recognize us. On

his stomach, his face gets swollen, he usually sleeps hours later, can't

figure how to get out of bed, doesn't know us and is combative. I'm wondering

if it's 100% a Lewy thing or if there's something else afoot.

BTW, the addition for my parents and my photo studio should be completed

around the end of November or beginning of December. I figured I could only

be

3 places at once if those 3 places are in one place. I'll know if my theory

is correct in a few weeks. Here's a link with construction photos if you

like that sort of thing. http://flickr.com/photos/studio1108

Adrienne

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[Guest guest]

Imogene, you are absolutely brilliant!  BRILLIANT I tell ya!!!   First you

spotted dad's shingles, now this.  Thanks so much.  I'm allergic to kids and

have never been around babies so I would not have figured that out

When he had that breakout I didn't think it could be shingles because I knew his

meds were causing the problem but I went ahead and gave him a homeopathic remedy

for shingles since you called it and it cleared up.  I showed his doc the pix

and he said it was shingles and the meds didn't do it.  When we started giving

him his meds again a few weeks later he started swelling and blistering within

30 minutes so we gave him the shingles stuff, stopped the meds and haven't had a

problem since then.

I told my mom what you said about oxygen deprivation and she will make sure he

never sleeps on his stomach again.  A few nights ago she was too tired to roll

him on his back and we had a terrible time.  Not only did he urinate profusely

in bed, he had a bm and wouldn't roll over after mom cleaned the back.  He laid

on his urine soaked chucks till late afternoon when I arrived.  He was hungry by

then and tried to eat the chucks.  I shoved a fig bar in his mouth and wrestled

the soaked chucks from him.  We had quite a time but I eventually got him out

the bed and wheeled him in the bathroom.  Thank goodness he can't walk and is

much weaker than a few months ago because he tried his best to do me.   He was a

mad man and now I see why.    Thanks so much

Imogene.  You're the bestest!!

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