Looks like it’s back to my neurologist next week. I’m noticing changes in my gait and have come close to falling a couple of times. (No. I can’t even blame that on drinking. Other than a German beer every now and then, that’s it for me.)
There’s one other thing: See that word “gait” up there? I originally spelled it as “gate” even though I knew what this post was going to be about. I know. You guys do it too, right? But I spend a LOT of time on the computer and have done it numerous times in a day.
Guess I’ll mention it to the neuro guy and see what he says.
John, I take 2 fish oil capsules a day. Would that suffice?
One of my FB friends suggested I should be placed in a sack made of hemp to be cremated. So why don’t y’all come on down, we’ll put some chairs around the crematory and you can inhale and be high for the wake, as my going away present to YOU!
He also suggested being transported in a bicycle hearse! That’s something I’d do for sure!
Best of luck… I’d hate to be aware of Alzheimers or dementia. That, locked-in-syndrome or permanent aphasia would scare the shit of me. On the other hand, I’d also like to be totally out of it and hooked up to morphine when I finally die. Maybe that can be arranged for you?
Worked for both of my parents (who were also my patients, btw) and they both had what was then called senile dementia, but they also had cancer, both of them.
Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia, gamer. There are ten kinds.
Well that’s in my “last wishes” instructions to D, Mama Zappa: “Please tickle my feet, get that mirror out, get nekkid, and if I don’t react then, then and ONLY then let them pronounce me dead”.
I like to make her laugh. I think that’s why she keeps me around!
Oh, make that “Alzheimers or another form of dementia” then. A neighbour died of brain cancer (started somewhere else and metastasised) and they were pretty peaceful by the time they went. They were in pain, but they were making plans for the summer due to pretty comprehensive amnesia.
Goddam, I truly love y’all so much! The humor keeps me going, and when I recognize it for what it is (such as this one), it really makes my day/night!
I truly do apologize for sometimes not recognizing it, when y’all kid with me, but I hope y’all won’t let it detract from how much I appreciate all of you.
I misread that last, and was wondering what on earth “FETAL cephalic” meant ;).
Good luck with the MRI etc. Have had fairly recent personal experience with all 3 and I must say, the MRI is the best of 'em. Just today I had the fun of telling the doctor about the little old lady who visits the proctologist, is examined, speaks with the doctor, and the doc asks “do you have any more questions?”. She replies “Just one. Does your MOTHER know what you’re doing?”.
I once had a CT scan for some sinus problems. I read the doctor’s report afterward and told my husband “They X-rayed my head - and said ‘Unremarkable’. How humiliating is that!!”.
No changes in the MRI. I hadn’t had had a stroke, but they took me off the Neurontin, and lowered my BP meds strength because I was also having some dizziness with the Tribenzor and when we took my BP, it was 60/48.
Sleep study ordered for 2 weeks from now. I think they’re thinking, “Sleep Apnea”, but I have HAD a sleep study before and they told me it was inconclusive.
So D, (herself a Polysomnographer) has been allowed to “sit in” at this next one and read/interpret the results in addition to the technician to see if their results match.
Wouldn’t it be great if my batshittedness were due to the apnea???
Have I mentioned that my wife is my hero and my own personal genius?
Whenever she takes me to my doc, she pulls out that diary, and he and she have a conversation I have to “tune” out, because they both sound like “House” characters!
It was at a drugstore. (One of those machine things where you sit down and stick your arm in?). The longer I sat and repeated the mechanism, the better I got. I was able to walk a little bit better after that with D supporting me to the car, called the doc, and he re-ordered something better. Losartin.
Thanks for the laff.