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Not eating (was:  for Anthony Shipley)

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Dennis P. Harris - 21 Feb 2005 14:55 GMT
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:26:09 GMT in alt.support.alzheimers,
"Lesanne" <larnimnot@rgv.rr.net> wrote:

> I am very self sufficient, but I need to be here now. Mom has just
> begun not eating.

Lesanne, sometimes that happens when folks are ready to go.  Even
if she may not cognitively be able to say that she's ready, she
may have made on unconscious decision or had an unconscious
desire to not continue living in her present state.

If she won't eat and you can't figure out a cause, you might want
to talk to her doc about it.  You might also want to call hospice
and talk to them about terminal care assistance and counseling.

If she has medicare, hospice will bill medicare.  If she can't
pay, there should be no charge.

They were very helpful when my mother stopped eating and wanted
to go home and die at home.  Of course we asked that donations be
made to them in her memory since she had told us that was what
she wanted.
Lesanne - 21 Feb 2005 18:18 GMT
Thanks. She is eating a little again today. We are all okay
if she wants to stop, and go. I sound like a convenience store.
She totally does not qualify for any sort of financial assistance
this is good news, right? It is due to a nice monthly retirement
from my Dad's pension.
Lucky for her she has her own nurse (me).
DNR
Medical and General Powers of Attorney
Real clear instructions (she said if she gets to the stage
where she is *not having fun* don't interfere with anything
other than obvious and severe pain, then go for the drugs.
Under no circumstances were we to take her
to the hospital. I wimped out twice when I knew she
would have gone, the last time last February when she
got this annual illness. This time we are holding tough.
I thought she was going last week, we were all in
that state of joy/grief and planning to begin diggin, then
she rallied. She has, most definately changed however.

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Lesanne

> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:26:09 GMT in alt.support.alzheimers,
> "Lesanne" <larnimnot@rgv.rr.net> wrote:
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
> made to them in her memory since she had told us that was what
> she wanted.
 
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