Cindy - paraquat; dementia; predisposition; my day; change in meds

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Cindy:

Killing people was perhaps not the intent - I believe the rationale was it

would keep people from wanting to smoke pot. I am not aware of it being

used on any other crops, at least not in our part of the workd. It was

widely publicized at the time as a warning (not absolutely sure but I

would, if memory serves put it at the lmid to late 70's, stopped in the 80's).

Demetia: staying mentally active (socializing, learning, conversation

etc.) has been proved to be a factor in how quickly demention progresses

(studies on nuns most particularly). So it would seem to me that

socializing, and keeping on learning would be a wise thing to keep in mind

(pun intended). When I was having a lot of sleep related blackouts and

memory problems, I feared dementia, started structuring my days to include

human contact, reading, memory exercises. Use it or lose it applies here

also. I also feel (judging by some of my relatives) that dementia happens

also as a sort of Munchhausen disorder, where the neurotic need for

attention results in extreme behaviour which is then repeated as desired,

to have people run around their needs and wants, like pulling out hair, the

obsession becomes so much part of the psyche that even therapy often fails.

If your relatives have exhibited compulsive behaviours in the past this

might be worth considering.

That said I do believe that there is a genetic predisposition to

neurological disorders. In my family there is a history (four generations

I know of) including epilepsy, parkinsons, MSA (my uncle), brain tumours,

trigeminal neuralgia, schizphrenia and dementia (senile), far less than

either heart problems or cancer.

Painted the inside of my bathroom door today and part of the ceiling above

the tub (I spend enough time staring at it when I take my daily warming

before bed soak), very impressionist (Monet'ish), the ceiling is marble

with beaks of blue sky, still considering cherubs. It's an odd bathroom -

triangular with a curved wall, barely 8'x8'. Came with pink tub etc., so

the impressionist thing seemd the way to go. Wasn't up to going out, it was

either paint something or go nuts. Now of course, I hurt all over.

Finding that taking the Buscopan (10 mg) on waking does seem to kick over

the old bowels and I'm slightly more productive. So today I ate mushed

chili, and for the first time in two weeks nothing came back up, that's

progress. Taking Buscopan at night, however resulted in soiled sheets -

so, bad idea. Taking more 292's (during the day, before only took them at

night) is probably responsible for me having it in me to paint. Neither is

making me the slightest bit drowsy. Yesterday I rearranged my kitchen a

bit to make things easier to lift, pick up. Quite happy at my increased

activity level. Now if I could just stop stumbling and tipping over so much.

aletta mes, vancouver, bc canada

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