Re: newbie glad to be here

[Guest guest]

Hi and welcome. You are so lucky to still have your mother. I

wish you luck with her. Invite her to read from this group, we would

like to speak with her for many years to come. This is a great group

I am sure you will find this out.

Candi

> My mother, who lives with me, 84 years old with altziemer's and

> dementia, has controlled diabetes with amaryl. Her sugar is

usually

> around 90- 118 with a high of 300 is she doesn't behave herself. I

> monitor her diet as close as I can. I have told her that exercise

> could lower her bs level or even get her off of her meds, but she

has

> gotten too old or too lazy to want to walk the little bit that

would

> make an incredible diff. She has been with me for possibly five

> years or more. She is also on a cholesterol med. and has become

> incontinent since a bout with pnuemonia last Nov. around

> Thanksgiving. I also have a daughter, who is pre-teen, and a very

> busy husband with a full time job and a business he tries to run on

> the side. Full life here. Any comments or thoughts on the subject

> would be nice. An IM would also be helpful.

>

> Have a wonderful day.... :-)

[Guest guest]

Bless your mom's heart and soul...84 and still going strong...I doubt that

she is lazy...at 84 she is probably doing the best she can do at her age and

state of being...I am type 2 on meds and insulin...lene is my name

[Guest guest]

Hi and welcome to the list. I hope mom gets this under control

very soon. Please keep a close eye on her. She has more problems than

her share.

Beth

>

> > My mother, who lives with me, 84 years old with altziemer's and

> > dementia, has controlled diabetes with amaryl. Her sugar is

> usually

> > around 90- 118 with a high of 300 is she doesn't behave herself.

I

> > monitor her diet as close as I can. I have told her that

exercise

> > could lower her bs level or even get her off of her meds, but she

> has

> > gotten too old or too lazy to want to walk the little bit that

> would

> > make an incredible diff. She has been with me for possibly five

> > years or more. She is also on a cholesterol med. and has become

> > incontinent since a bout with pnuemonia last Nov. around

> > Thanksgiving. I also have a daughter, who is pre-teen, and a

very

> > busy husband with a full time job and a business he tries to run

on

> > the side. Full life here. Any comments or thoughts on the

subject

> > would be nice. An IM would also be helpful.

> >

> > Have a wonderful day.... :-)

[Guest guest]

Thank you for the warm thoughts. Mom and Dad both worked for the

County at one time, so I am lucky that I have both of their pensions

to help support her illness and supplies. She does not require

constant checking where her sugar is concerned, so I don't have to

keep buying her supplies in that area. I just check her ever so

often if she is going out with family, so I can tell them if she can

indulge a bit in the sugar category.

Yes, I am very lucky to have her. I just wish my other siblings were

more supportive.

She goes to a senior center in the area five days a week, and tries

to be helpful around the house. Ever so often she asks me if she is

with me for the duration. Her life here is basically very informal.

I don't require her to be dressed in street clothes if she prefers to

stay in her nightgown all day. She also has the choice to stay in

bed if she so desires. The diabetes and all is hard enough for her

to handle, since her altzeimer's causes her to forget that she can

not eat sweets like she wants to. When she does get diabetic sweets

and bakery goods, she is like a little kid with a cookie jar in front

of him/her. Not just one will do. She doesn't realize that even

though it does say sugar free, there is still ingredients in the

delicasy sp? that would shoot her sugar up. I did, however, fix one

problem that I was getting tired of dealing with. She is of the

depression where you ate sausauge, bacon, bread, butter, and jelly,

and lots of it. Sausage and bacon are a rarity here, and since I

work at a nursing home, I was able to get hold of the restaurant size

margarine and jelly. She is aloud three of each during the day. It

took her cholesterol down 100 points in three months. The doctor was

very pleased and I was very happy about the outcome of my efforts.

I have written enough. :-)

wrote:

> Hi and welcome. You are so lucky to still have your mother. I

> wish you luck with her. Invite her to read from this group, we

would

> like to speak with her for many years to come. This is a great

group

> I am sure you will find this out.

> Candi

[Guest guest]

I guess that was a poor choice of words. I know that she is not

lazy. She is just tired, and I am so busy and tired by the time I

get to the care of her, that it feels like lazy. I am a full time

volunteer at a nursing home, housewife, mother, and wife to a very

busy man. So, exhaustion is my middle name. I had bought two large

wedgies for lunch cuz I was too tired to fix anything and she

basically pigged out on them. She wanted some more later on today,

but I told her she had had her quota of bread and milk products. I

felt bad that I had to tell her she couldn't have anymore. But, her

cholesterol had finally started to settle down and her sugar level is

good. I had not choice. My husband works for a company here that

takes people to dialysis, and I really don't want my mother ending up

that way. I have seen what it does to people. For some people it is

the best thing that could happen to them. But, for some people it

just prolongs their life. Mom just got over a UTI that was horrid to

work around, so I don't even want to imagine what it would be like to

take care of her if she were to go on dialysis. I was born with

nephritis and it took eight years to be cured. I don't even want to

go there. Goodnight all and God Bless. :-)

> Bless your mom's heart and soul...84 and still going strong...I

doubt that

> she is lazy...at 84 she is probably doing the best she can do at

her age and

> state of being...I am type 2 on meds and insulin...lene is my name

>

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