Re: Re: OT Imogene's help, and Janet's husband

[Guest guest]

yes you are right at both the pdd/lbd and florida symposium it was said the

more you use it, the slower you'll lose it. they never said you would nt get

the diseases but slow down the progreession, the doctors suggested card playing

jigsaw puzzles, crosswrod puzzles, word search, paint by numbers etc, anything

to keep the brain as active as possible. hugs sharon m

From: Iward27663@...

Date: 2006/04/05 Wed AM 12:45:59 EDT

To: LBDcaregivers

Subject: Re: OT Imogene's help, and Janet's husband

I have heard people say exercise (exercise your brain, exercise your body)

stalls off these terrible diseases, but I have seen too many cases where it

just isn't so. Like your husband. He did everything right and still got it. I

sure am sorry. How are you handling it? How is life going for you?

Imogene

In a message dated 4/4/2006 11:24:20 AM Central Daylight Time,

janetcolello@... writes:

Janet Colello wrote:

> Hi Imogene,

> Very good, you have a child for each job that needs

> to

> be done. Now, how did you manage to accomplish

> that?!

> Sounds like you've got it covered. It is good that

> you

> have so much support. Being a caregiver to a LO with

> this disease, you need all the support you can get.

> I enjoyed hearing about all the children. They sound

> busy. Thanks for flipping through the photo folder

> and

> showing me all the pictures. My gosh, with all those

> kids it's never ending. ((Laughing))

> Jim and I have kids from separate marriages. He has

> three, two sons and a daughter and I have two

> daughters. My kids are more supportive than Jim's.

> My

> kids will come over and visit with Jim and help a

> little, but Jim's kids that live only less than 15

> minutes away don't come to visit except for on

> Father's Day and Christmas nor do they call. When

> they

> visit it's only for about 15 minutes. They say it's

> hard for them to see their dad this way and that

> they

> are not cut out to be caregivers. Excuses, Excuses.

> They are so " Spoiled " They are all in their 50s and

> act like little children. Jim did not raise my kids

> nor I his. Jim and I have been married 15 years. We

> dated for 4 years before we married. Three years

> after

> we were married, Jim was diagnosed with Parkinsons.

> I

> would have bet my life on that he would have been a

> healthy senior until the day he died. He ran circles

> around me. He was physically fit and liked sports.

> He

> jogged routinely 6 miles every morning before

> breakfast. You'll never see me jogging! He was on

> the

> Men's Soft Ball League and he played golf at least

> twice a week. He was a teacher and taught 7 and 8th

> grade History. He loved to read and mastered

> crossword

> puzzles. He even ate a good diet and never smoked,

> drank only at social functions. He followed the

> rules

> to a " T " that is said to do to keep the mind alert

> and

> the body healthy. What ever went wrong??! I am 58,

> Jim is 79, so there is an age difference. Jim and I

> are in the photo album. That picture was in July of

> 2003, Jim was diagnosed w/LBD by his neurologist in

> Oct. 2003. I was in good shape then and hadn't begun

> all the stress that was to come. I have since gained

> weight and look a little different. That picture was

> taken at one of Jim's son's house.

> Sorry to hear of the allergies that you suffer

> through. Don is still handsome in his picture, it

> is

> so sad what this disease does to them.

> Stay strong Imogene, you sound like a real fun

> lady...........Jan

>