I am new here...

March 23, 2008

Well, not really new, I have been " lurking " sense July '07, but this is my

first post.

My mother's nuro Dr. thought she might have LBD back in July but was not

sure until last week. She has been on Resperdol for the Hallucinations sense

July and it worked. However, in the last month she has been treated with three

different antibiotics for a Urinary Track Infection (UTI) and the last of the

three was Augmenten, which gave her diarrhea for a whole week or more. It

weakened her and then she became so tired all of the time, and having a hard

time walking. She walks with a walker (or was until yesterday) and " shuffles "

like Tim Conway did on the Carol Burnett show. The Dr. says she has LBD with

Parkensinsons like symptoms yet she DOES NOT have Parkeninsons. I am totally

confused and it breaks my heart. My dad called this morning and said that she

had tried to get up out of bed and feel out and hit her head. Blood everywhere,

as head wounds always do, but it turns out it was not so bad. He said he

had to put her in a wheel chair yesterday because she could no longer use her

walker safely.

I stay with her Monday through Fri. all day in order to help give my dad

some relief. We also have Home Health services coming in three times a week to

bath her. She is 76 and also was diagnosed with a very rare auto immune disease

called Takayasu's Arteritis

I just wonder if the years of prednisone use could have brought the LBD on?

Also, is LBD hereditary?

Oh, and they think she STILL has a UTI......sigh......

Happy Easter,

Pamela from Oklahoma

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