Thank you for all the wonderful comments and birthday greetings .... my birthday was glorious!!!!
I'm happy to say David is doing really good AGAIN this week! Wow, I just looked at the calendar and he's been stable for 5 weeks. Who knows what tomorrow brings......I cherish these good days!!
I've held off going to any Alzheimer Support groups; I somehow visualized the meetings different than what I discovered last week when I went to my first meeting. The meeting was in a town 30 minutes from here, and it was led by a very knowledgeable doctor and 3 nurses. There were 12 of us in attendance, men and women of different ages.
There were so many interesting questions, answers and discussions. My question, is it safe for me to give David Tylenol PM every night to help him sleep? The doctor said the benadryl in PM is not good to take on a regular basis for Alzheimer patients. It can sometimes cause more confusion and blurred vision.
He suggested taking Extra strength Tylenol.
I started giving David the extra strength last week and it's helping him sleep just as the PM did. YEA!
This week was his 6 month appointment to see the neurologist. He's back on 2 - 10 mg of Aricept and off the 23mg, our insurance won't cover the 23. (I didn't see any difference in the 23 anyway)....The 10 mg is now generic .
The neurologist also suggested switching off and on with 5 mg of melatonin.
I'm so thankful to God for good days, spring weather, faithful friends and family!!!!
28 comments:
Oh, this is all Great news Delores!! So happy that he's doing good...and I'm glad you went to the support group! Answers are a Wonderful thing to get!
Glad your Birthday was a Great one!! Now! Happy weekend to you and David!!
hughugs
Things sound like they are on track ... good!
(smallest print possible: you have bedroom eyes in that photo, my dear)
Looks like I've missed your birthday!!! So, here is a little birthday wish...a little late!!! Happy Birthday!!!
I think a support group is a great idea!!!
Wonderful news all around! Glad you have such a malvelous support group, sounds like it will be a really big help!
Hooray for David still doing so well. I'm so glad you found a good support group to go to. I think it's great that it is being run by a doctor and nurses. It sounds like a great place to go with the endless questions that Alz. brings about and also to talk with others who are going through the same thing.
Praying for all good days this week too.
Dear Miss D....First off~never in my life (young or old) would I be able to pull off that dress you have on in the pics. You are such a tiny little thing...again...you are so beautiful!
I'm so happy about your birthday being a good one and even more thrilled David is doing well. Yes! God is good. All the time.
Love to you~
Rebecca
Wow, terrific news! I'm glad you finally went to a support meeting and found it was informative and not boring!
I'm so happy for you! I hope it stays this way for a long time!
love,
barbara
We praise GOD for his blessings and may he continue to bless David with good days.
Tylenol EX Strength is what we take to help sleep, its great stuff.
Thinking of you... glad things are ok I hope it lasts.
Diane
It is good to hear you have benefited from the support group, and this might be what others need to hear. Your post about how well David is doing makes me happy for both of you.
What a wonderful picture, you and David have had a very rich and blessed life. It is good you are keeping and sharing the memories now!
Delores, this is such good bnews!!! I hope David continues to do well! I am so glad you had a good b-day! XO, Pinky
What a lovely picture of the two of you, Dolores. I am so happy David has been doing well...Christine
Dolores, I'm so glad to hear that things have been going well with David lately. I'm also glad to hear that you attended a support group and found it helpful. When my father was diagnosed, my husband and I found great comfort and assistance from our support group, and we ended up attending for over five years because all the people there felt like family. I hope you find the opportunity to attend again.
I'm so happy your darling has been having one week after another...God is good. Beautiful picture of the two of you...you can see such a deep love in your eyes.
Thank you for visiting sweetie, it's so nice of you and for the lovely comments and on my spring table and dogs!
Hugs
FABBY
Such a good idea to keep a journal. Glad that journal has shown five good weeks and that you can be in a support group now. I keep learning from you, dear one.
Hugs,
Carol
So glad you are getting some support! We started giving Abigail Melatonin a couple of years ago and Chris and I take it nightly. It really helps!!!
Oh, how wonderful to have five weeks of the glorious window. Every day I got up over the last month or so, amazed at the window. It's gone now...I allowed myself a time to be sad and then I thanked God for the weeks I was able to connect with him.
Thank you for sharing the advice about what medicine is good. I can well understand how the melatonin works. When my husband exercises I see such a huge difference for him.
So glad to I found your blog though Vee. It blesses me all the time.
Karen
Oh Delores, great news sweetie, I'm so happy for the two of you, it looks like the news was a terrific b'day present for you. We can also learn about melatonin, it says that red wine has it and it's good to drink it in moderation...your blog is very enlighting for me to learn about this desease. Thank you for always sharing the progress of your darling...and thank you for coming by and leaving me such lovely comments, I also wish you could come over for tea!
Have a blessed Easter.
FABBY
I am so thankful that things are good for you and David. 5 weeks... wow... that is wonderful.
And I am glad you went to a support group. I found it helpful although the one I went to was more just the people sharing their ideas and trials. We did have a family services person with us who was most helpful. I am sure you will get a lot of support from the meetings and the people involved.
I was afraid of giving Elbert the tylenol pm. I never thought that the extra strength tylenol would help them sleep.
I think of you so often and wonder how your day is going. Hang in there, good buddy.
It's nice to get some answers to your questions, I'm sure. Yay for five great weeks! Praise God is more like it. (Funny you should mention the PM meds because I've been known to take them from time to time and my sister, a nurse, just told me to cut it out. She said that there's some literature connecting it to poor memory, etc. So I'm back to the melatonin myself if I need a sleep aid.)
Forgot to say that I just love this picture of the two of you. I don't think I had realized how tall your Knight in Shining Armor is.
To God thanks for all the good days that David and you are having. Our only hope is that it continues this way. I wanted to wish you many blessings, happy spring and happy Easter.
Big hug,
Lu
Dear Dolores,
Wishing you, David and your family a very Happy Easter.
Karen
Oh, Dolores....that is GREAT news!! I'm glad your birthday was so good.
Have a Blessed Easter~
xxoxoxoxoox
Carol
Thank you for your visit and such lovely and generous comments sweet lady. I wish you a very happy and blessed Easter for you, your hubby and all your family.
FABBY
Dear Delores: Hoe are you and your hubby lately? Is he OK?...hope so, sweetie!
Thank you for coming by and leaving me such lovely comments, today was my mom's day, we did go shopping and I bought soemthing...I'll show it on a later post.
God bless
FABBY
Good luck with the new meds or the change. It might take some time to kick in. The picture is so great. What a good looking couple.
I'm glad you had this little reprieve. Funny about the aricept: we never saw any difference at ALL either. And it's SO expensive.
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