Minutus

there should be no glimmer of alzheimers at any age.

Sheri

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Correctly stated. I am SO sick of people who say, "Gee, he's doing great, for his age" and even worse are the ones who say it about themselves. It's no damned excuse; disease is disease.

ginny

All stunts performed without a net!

Boy, I was thinking the same.

If you have an older house and there was some sill rot unattended,
eventually you will have things like sticking doors and windows. Or
perhaps the settlement will cause cracks in the drywall or plaster.
Some people will caulk things and paint and continue on this way
until some serious problems arise. If you call in a contractor she/he
will probably say that the bandaids got you thru, but if the original
problem was taken care of in a timely manner, the other problems
would not occur. However, no one would say leave the problems and
accept them as a sign of aging. A good contractor will evaluate and
analyze the problem’s and figure out how to do a complete repair with
an admonition to not let things go so long they get out of hand. Of
course, if you don’t mind the dips and heaves of the home, you might
chose to live these problems.
The state of the medical industry is to not evaluate and analyze and
come up with solutions for repair of the human body. Instead we are
put into age/sex/race/economic categories and told that we are getting
old and need to accept infirmities. But ah.....there are bandaids called
drugs and heroics called surgeries, none of which cure/repair, but control
the symptoms so you can buy more drugs and surgeries.
It seems to me the life of a home fairs much better.
tanya
From: ginny wilken
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 8:57 PM
To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Minutus] Fish oil

Correctly stated. I am SO sick of people who say, "Gee, he's doing great, for his age" and even worse are the ones who say it about themselves. It's no damned excuse; disease is disease.
ginny
All stunts performed without a net!

Agreed, it is usually said by someone younger wihtout thinking how they would feel at that age.
I know I do not want to be written off as not wanting to get improved, just because not all the pieces are perfect any more:-)

My black smoke kitty, Sindur, who has been with me for 18 years, passed on tonight. She has been a lesson in caring for an ageing system. For her last few weeks she did not have the strength to cliimb onto the bed, and she could put her front paws up and just had to say the word to get a boost up - or a boost down for a gentle landing - till I could arrange a ramp.
She has also needed special food for many months, (plus pretend special food for my other cat so she did not feel left out). SHe has had ailing parts for over a year, but with remedies has had a good life. SHe even swiped Gyda's Xmas toy recently, though she has not been able to run with anytihng - she could still bat it about.
Cats are such teachers too. Gyda has been helping to groom Sindur since she has not been up to much of it herself.
Sweet SIndur (a Calc Phos type) was a close companion for me for so long, and I surely got a lot out of the relationship. SHe has purred her appreciation of company, every day of her life including earlier today.
So I think we need to help older folks adapt to what they can do, and help them to achieve what THEY want to achieve, whatever their age. SIndur wanted to be in her favorite place on the piano every night and every resting time, requiring climbing there via the bed, and then she needed help at age 18 just lately.... I could not have suggested she had climbed there enough times for her age.

Namaste,
Irene

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P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

My thoughts and blessings are with you and Sindur tonight, Irene.

ginny

All stunts performed without a net!

Irene, I am so sorry to hear of Sindur’s passing, and what you say about helping older folk is exactly what we need to do. My Mother in Law was just put under Hospice care, they do exactly what you suggest.
Take care,
Mary Salvador
So I think we need to help older folks adapt to what they can do, and help them to achieve what THEY want to achieve, whatever their age.
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Many may be surprised that those putting relatives in a hospice may not know that they withhold food and water when the person becomes bedridden, semi conscious or in a coma. They want to hasten death besides supposedly making one comfortable with morphine or other pain meds.
Just last month an acquaintance put her father into a hospice, he was in 90s, but had been functioning OK just didn't want to take care of himself or live and had some other medical conditions after a hospitalization. Now she's claiming they caused his death and she didn't understand what a hospice is for.
I remember when my father was on his way out, had him on a feeding tube, I was offered hospice as his nursing home and social worker were trying to get him out. They don't really explain the process well and I declined. My father wanted to live and had no terminal condition other than, what I know now, is latent psora and deterioration from that.
More recently, spending time in a FL hospice with relative who had a brain tumor and went down fast, I thought it cruel they would not allow family to give her water, only basic lemon/lime swabs on lips. She was still able to understand and squeeze my hand to answer me even though she physically looked like a skeleton and was almost comatose and lips looked parched.
Is not giving water to a dying person acceptable?
One needs to do research before putting a loved one in a hospice.
Susan

Hi Susan
Last week my Mother-in-Law was put into hospice, they are helping feed her, so not all hospice companies are alike. It is true that if there is a directive against feeding tubes and as in our case, food will be withheld because of her bodies’ inability to process the food. My M-I-L has end stage dementia and is not eating, so she is being spoon fed IF she wishes, not because someone else thinks she needs to eat. She will not eat if her body can’t process it, this changes from day to day.......so she eats a bit one day but nothing the next.
People need to understand everything about Hospice, we were in meetings with all the advisors, and there are at least 5, for several hours with each one last week, I did not give permission until I understood exactly what was going to be done.
I am sorry for your problems with hospice, I was told over and over that they do NOT hasten the death of a patient, but try to make them comfortable and even make them better so they can go on to live a few more years..
Mary Salvador
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I just remembered a really nasty experience from this past year.
Due to an accident, I took advantage of the my auto insurance policy
for some physical therapy. The process involves periodic independent
medical evaluations. The person who did this eval was a orthodpedic md.
His report on me judged me by my age and size and decided that impecfect
functioning and pain was good enough for me. I was livid and reported him
to the insurance company as a fraud!
Am still thinking of writing the medical board to complain about his non-exam.
He never once asked me what my level of functioning was prior to the accident.
t
From: Irene de Villiers
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 2:09 AM
To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Minutus] Fish oil
Agreed, it is usually said by someone younger wihtout thinking how they would feel at that age.
I know I do not want to be written off as not wanting to get improved, just because not all the pieces are perfect any more:-)

My black smoke kitty, Sindur, who has been with me for 18 years, passed on tonight. She has been a lesson in caring for an ageing system. For her last few weeks she did not have the strength to cliimb onto the bed, and she could put her front paws up and just had to say the word to get a boost up - or a boost down for a gentle landing - till I could arrange a ramp.
She has also needed special food for many months, (plus pretend special food for my other cat so she did not feel left out). SHe has had ailing parts for over a year, but with remedies has had a good life. SHe even swiped Gyda's Xmas toy recently, though she has not been able to run with anytihng - she could still bat it about.
Cats are such teachers too. Gyda has been helping to groom Sindur since she has not been up to much of it herself.
Sweet SIndur (a Calc Phos type) was a close companion for me for so long, and I surely got a lot out of the relationship. SHe has purred her appreciation of company, every day of her life including earlier today.
So I think we need to help older folks adapt to what they can do, and help them to achieve what THEY want to achieve, whatever their age. SIndur wanted to be in her favorite place on the piano every night and every resting time, requiring climbing there via the bed, and then she needed help at age 18 just lately.... I could not have suggested she had climbed there enough times for her age.

Namaste,
Irene

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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."