Comments on: Would you want to know? http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:36:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Lauri http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4495 Lauri Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:09:21 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4495 Heck No Heck No

]]> By: Theresa http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4466 Theresa Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:01:07 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4466 Even though we just placed my dad on a secured assisted living unit due to his dementia-I don't think I would want to know. Since we found this summer a clotting factor which may have caused his 3 strokes and my 3 miscarriages I am counting on his dementia being the result of the strokes and not Alzheimers. So now I take a baby aspirin every day and mega doses of folic acid and B6 and B12 to prevent a stroke down the road. Still I have decided to devise a living will in case I get to the point I don't recognize dd (where dad is now with me) that she should give me NO medicine or vitamins and just feed me ice cream and gummy bears and LET ME GO! It makes me nuts how many meds my dad is taking to keep his body healthy (and it is!) when his mind is pretty much gone. Ugh! Even though we just placed my dad on a secured assisted living unit due to his dementia-I don’t think I would want to know. Since we found this summer a clotting factor which may have caused his 3 strokes and my 3 miscarriages I am counting on his dementia being the result of the strokes and not Alzheimers. So now I take a baby aspirin every day and mega doses of folic acid and B6 and B12 to prevent a stroke down the road.

Still I have decided to devise a living will in case I get to the point I don’t recognize dd (where dad is now with me) that she should give me NO medicine or vitamins and just feed me ice cream and gummy bears and LET ME GO! It makes me nuts how many meds my dad is taking to keep his body healthy (and it is!) when his mind is pretty much gone. Ugh!

]]> By: noreen http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4465 noreen Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:43:06 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4465 Are you taking any kind of medicine that might be causing the memory lapses? I have a friend who was on a statin drug, acted senile enough that many people were concerned, went off the drug and she's fine. Are you taking any kind of medicine that might be causing the memory lapses? I have a friend who was on a statin drug, acted senile enough that many people were concerned, went off the drug and she’s fine.

]]> By: SBird http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4464 SBird Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:06:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4464 I would want to know. That's me. I always want to know, even the hard stuff. It's a control thing, I suspect...the knowing you are out-of-control is a form of control...or something to that effect. I would want to know. That’s me. I always want to know, even the hard stuff. It’s a control thing, I suspect…the knowing you are out-of-control is a form of control…or something to that effect.

]]> By: Margaret http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4463 Margaret Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:57:59 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4463 My memory sounds like yours. I couldn't handle knowing it if I was getting Alzheimer's. I don't deal with illness well at all and I wouldn't enjoy a moment of my life after being told such a thing. My memory sounds like yours.

I couldn’t handle knowing it if I was getting Alzheimer’s. I don’t deal with illness well at all and I wouldn’t enjoy a moment of my life after being told such a thing.

]]> By: Kat http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4462 Kat Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:12:09 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4462 I would want to know. Both my grandmother and my mother-in-law had early onset alzheimers (symptoms started around 50.) I've watched my mother and SILs deal with the fear and anxiety of not know if it was going to happen to them. (My DH probably has the anxiety too, he just doesn't talk about it as much as the women in his family.) I think if I knew for sure, I would quit my job and spend time enjoying my life more. On a side note, I heard the best description of how to tell the difference between normal forgetting things, and alzheimers. A doctor said 'If you forget where you put your car keys, you are normal. If you forget what your car keys are for, you should get checked out.' I would want to know. Both my grandmother and my mother-in-law had early onset alzheimers (symptoms started around 50.) I’ve watched my mother and SILs deal with the fear and anxiety of not know if it was going to happen to them. (My DH probably has the anxiety too, he just doesn’t talk about it as much as the women in his family.) I think if I knew for sure, I would quit my job and spend time enjoying my life more.

On a side note, I heard the best description of how to tell the difference between normal forgetting things, and alzheimers. A doctor said ‘If you forget where you put your car keys, you are normal. If you forget what your car keys are for, you should get checked out.’

]]> By: Sister Carrie http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4461 Sister Carrie Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:40:04 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4461 I'd want to know, so I could enjoy being myself before I went away. But I think you just have a combination of perimenopause and Mommy brain. Too much input, no place left to file new information. Lyrics to songs from the 1970s (maybe 1980s for you) are still there, but there's no room to put the current location of your keys. BTW, there have been several studies indicating that people who stay active intellectually are less like to develop Alzheimer's. So keep doing those puzzles. I’d want to know, so I could enjoy being myself before I went away. But I think you just have a combination of perimenopause and Mommy brain. Too much input, no place left to file new information. Lyrics to songs from the 1970s (maybe 1980s for you) are still there, but there’s no room to put the current location of your keys. BTW, there have been several studies indicating that people who stay active intellectually are less like to develop Alzheimer’s. So keep doing those puzzles.

]]> By: del http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4458 del Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:39:36 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4458 My Grandfather had Alzheimer's before he died and it wasn't a pleasant way to go (for him, or the people who loved him). So I know it's in the genes. I'd want to know early on if I had it so I could get started looking into the various treatment options. Or at least prepare myself and family for what was to come. Or maybe I'd just blow all the retirement savings on fast women and booze while I could still enjoy it. But that's me. :-) My Grandfather had Alzheimer’s before he died and it wasn’t a pleasant way to go (for him, or the people who loved him). So I know it’s in the genes. I’d want to know early on if I had it so I could get started looking into the various treatment options. Or at least prepare myself and family for what was to come. Or maybe I’d just blow all the retirement savings on fast women and booze while I could still enjoy it. But that’s me. :-)

]]> By: ezfez http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4457 ezfez Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:00:06 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/10/15/would-you-want-to-know/#comment-4457 no, i wouldn't want to know. because, as you say,'knowing' wouldn't really be knowing anyway, just another layer of anxiety. have you been tested for lyme's disease or whatever tick-borne diseases are common in your area? my dad went through something similar (sans menopause of course!) and at long last it turned out to be lyme's. no, i wouldn’t want to know. because, as you say,’knowing’ wouldn’t really be knowing anyway, just another layer of anxiety.

have you been tested for lyme’s disease or whatever tick-borne diseases are common in your area? my dad went through something similar (sans menopause of course!) and at long last it turned out to be lyme’s.

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