Vascular Dementia

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Dear people,

I have had a few people write me about this and have not been able to get time

to type the info up that I promised, as has been having a few problems

here, now and then, that we of course had not planned on.

Vascular Dementia is the Dementia that is caused by a vascular problem.

(blood flow)

It is often confused with Alzheimer's disease, as it progresses much the

same way.

It is still misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's and Bi-polor disorder, and whatever

else they can think of to call it.

There was a loss of a sense of time, memory , problems, confusion,

depression, lots of things. There was a problem with having a sense of good

judgement. She would do things that someone , would tell her to do. Even if

they were not good things, to do.

Whether they were illegal, harmful, to her self, or our son.

At one time she decided that the best thing to do was kill all three of us

with her gun. (a 44 magnum)

My sister told us about her speaking about it to her, and the gun went bye

bye.

There were some people that were sure she was just with the wrong person, in

her life (me), and needed to be with someone her own age, and move away, and

everything would be fine. Even though she was vomiting constantly and

blacking out, and had many of the other symptoms too.

She got worse. Then someone listened, and she finally agreed to get help.

She did not think for her self, much at all before the surgery.

She depended on other people, almost anyone , at all, to make her decisions

for her, about anything to do with her life.

There were many other things did, that I won't divulge here, as she has a

right to not have it told. I mean it wasn't really her way, of doing things or

acting so, why throw it out there, right?

She got to the point of even imagining someone like , a figure of death,

standing over our bed, at times. And that people were going to kill her.

And sometimes that and myself would be better off if she was dead.

She does not feel that way now, since the surgery. Though she did get super

depressed, right after her possible stroke, and loss of a bunch of her

memory, back in the end of January I think. ( I get my dates mixed up, cause

I have trouble with the months, of the year, myself, so I may be off here)

There are more symptoms of Vascular Dementia, but I still have to write them

down.

I just have not had the time. had a few episodes here, and it takes a

lot of time, to get her ok, again. It's her time of month, and I will be

glad when it is over.

Chairi , and Hydrocephalus, can cause this " Vascular Dementia " as it did

in .

When there is a lack of blood flow to the brain, or certain areas of the

brain,

it does not work very well.

And eventually , those brain cells that are not getting enough Oxygen, die.

That is why the doctors said that could have ended up being mentally

retarded, and permanantly paralyzed , if she had not gotten the surgery when

she did.

it was considered an emergency surgery, I believe.

They operated on her two days after we arrived in the ER, in Chicago.

Because her condition, was getting very bad, and all the

other problems, that also were stemming from the pressure, which were

looking to become permenant.

This is why Oxygen helped her to become , unconfused , before surgery.

Because Oxygen wasn't getting to her brain, enough, because the blood flow

was being " sqished off " from the pressure in places, before surgery

Now is taking a beta blocker, to keep her blood flow opened up, and her

hands from going numb,and stops the chest pain too, until we find more info from

the new MRI.

also takes an herbal water pill, sometimes , like during her menstral

time, and that helps a little too it seems.

They sell them a Walmart.

We found out these things worked, from trying them. Not from a Dr. telling

us to.

Just lucky for us , she had been prescribed the Endural before , and I went

digging through all the old prescriptions , and read up on all of them,

Since we are still waiting on her next MRI, and without the endural , her

fingers and hands go completely numb, and her right side gets numb and

almost paralyzed.

I think something has grown back like scar tissue or, one of 's

" fibromas " ,, from her Nuerofibromatosis, that she has. She can grow these

tumors, any place in her body at any time, and she's had several growths in her

head

before, that have had to be removed.

has to take Endural every day now, or her symptoms go crazy.

She still has seizures sometimes, and still has attacks , of not breathing

right, but

everything is way less often, and her thinking stays clear as long as she

takes them for now.

If she needs another surgery, we are going to let them do it.

We just feel that God will let her survive, again.

says , if there is a chance they can relieve pressure on something ,

to let her not go through what she does, when she does, even if it can not

stop the seizures , she wants to do it.

I hope I have helped in some way, even a little in

understanding what we have seen, with this. There's a lot more but , not

needed to tell what I have told.

People need to understand if they are fading away, from what was,

fading away from, if that is going on, elsewhere.

Take care, and I hope to get that typed up soon.

Terry

PS those very few of you who have accused me of playing Dr. , and refusing

treatment for , and getting in the way of expert Dr.s without knowing jack

about our situation, .. you know what to kiss, and need to study the word liable

with your attorney, pretty soon.

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