Guest guest Posted November 22, 2002 Report Share Posted November 22, 2002 Peggy: I'm not sure I would take a promise as a fact from some with MSA. I know I don't from Fred. If he tell's me he promises not to do it, then for sure he will. I don't know if he just forget's the promise or his testing me or himself. Twice I've had to go to the doctor for myself and both times he promise he would just sit in his chair and not do anything. Right! I now know better , came home both times to find that he'd been outside, down the street and gotten hurt. I know he only waited till my car was down the street until he was out and going. He now goes with me to the doctor for all my test, but I still can't trust him. Just the other night he was sitting at the table . I asked him if he would stay there, I just had to run to the restroom. He said he would. I was gone 5 minutes at the most, brushing teeth etc. Came out , went into the family room and found Fred flat on the floor. I asked him why he didn't stay in the chair like he said? His answer was " I don' " t know " . He tells me his stick of falling and won't do it again, but the next chance he get's to do it again, He does it. I know Barb told me a story about Ken and the person that she had that would help her with Ken. Ken had had many falls also. Each was always when they would just leave him for a minute. So each time Ken would get up they would make sure that they got up right away to help and keep him from falling. One day Barb said she started to go into where Ken and her helper were , when she saw Ken start to get up and then the helper would start to get up, so Ken would sit back down and the helper would sit back down. Barb said Ken kept doing this for sometime. Ken get up, helper get up , Ken sit down, helper would sit down. Ken was just having a good old time with this game. He was testing and having all the fun he could doing it. We all have these stories to tell. It can drive you nuts at times, but you can laugh at it later. Can't say your mother won't hurt herself. They all have, but I guess it's just part of trying to hang onto the life they have. Take Care Vera ********************** I haven't posted before, but I have been reading for a couple of weeks. My mother was diagnosed with MSA about a year ago. It took 4 neurologists to finally tell us what was going on. My mother is currently residing in an assisted living and she is in a wheel chair. If she tries getting up on her own she falls every time, but no matter how many times the caregivers and I talk to her, and she promises not to get up, she gets up. She clearly has some dementia, but I don't see that much as a symptom with MSA from previous postings. I'm worried sick about her falling and really hurting herself. When I ask her why she got up, she says she doesn't know. Could the dementia be just an added " benefit " . Regards, Peggy (mom is Polly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2002 Report Share Posted November 22, 2002 Thank you, , for that excellent article! I will look forward to meeting you at our next session! Colette (from D.C.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2002 Report Share Posted November 22, 2002 Is ur husband on Sinemet?? What other meds is he on?? Have u talk to his neuro?? How long has this behavior going on?? nancy sandybierman@... wrote: > > Hi , > Thanks for your response and I should have been more detailed regarding > dementia as opposed to short term memory (which Tom has also). Some > examples; he woke yesterday morning saying there was a 12 pound steak that > was his and someone threw it on the floor and I needed to pick it up. When I > said there was no 12 lb. steak on the floor, he said well it's only 6 lbs. > after it's cooked on the grill. He is also very convinced (we've had several > days of going over this) that he has $100 worth of Canadian quarters that is > in a box in the trunk of his car (that he hasn't driven in over 8 months). > He insisted he bought a chocolate milkshake with some of it recently. (He > has been bedbound since July). I'm not really sure what the term " dementia " > really includes but if any of you can enlighten me/us, I'd really appreciate > it. > PS. Tom also thinks he has two wives...we both have the name, Sandy, and we > look so much alike. One of us is so nice, the other grumpy and mean. > For this Thanksgiving, I thank God for my sense of humor. A Thanksgiving > prayer: > > For all that that has been given, we thank you God. For all that has been > taken, we thank you God. For all that is left, we thank you God. > > Love to all, > Sandy B. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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