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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Alzheimer's / April 2006Mom Fell/Broke Hip
Mom fell yesterday evening and broke her right hip. Ambulance got here pretty quick and got her to the hospital where she was in the emergency room for around 3 hours. Doctor said she had broke her right hip at the ball joint. They took her to surgery and put in a new ball joint and I got to see her for a bit after that. They kept her in ICU last night and said they would move her to a room this morning,so I have to get in a minute to go take my sisters place so she can go to work. Everything seems about as good as it can be in a bad situation like this. Doc said Mom would be in the hospital for several days and then would need to go to nursing home/rehab for about a month and then see how things go as to whether she should/could come home or not? Please remember Mom in your prayers and good thoughts. Dear Ronny, So sorry to hear of your mom's mishap. Take advantage of the time she is in rehab to rest up a bit yourself! You are both in my thoughts and prayers.  SignatureBest Regards, Evelyn (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox') > Mom fell yesterday evening and broke her right hip. Ambulance got here > pretty quick and got her to the hospital where she was in the emergency [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Please remember Mom in your prayers and good thoughts. Oh dear, Ronny! I'm glad you were able to get help for her so quickly. Please take care of yourself and her -- see, I put YOU first since she's being looked after. Prayers headed your way. Songbird Ronny, That breaks my heart,But your mom will be in my prayers.You take care and I hope everything works out for you.Barb Ronny, sad news to hear. Do pray your Mom will do real well and heal quickly. My MIL broke her hip when she was just shy of 90 and got along well. Rehab was hard for her but she made it through. Gwen > Mom fell yesterday evening and broke her right hip. Ambulance got here > pretty quick and got her to the hospital where she was in the emergency [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Please remember Mom in your prayers and good thoughts. I am surely sorry to hear this Ronny. Will add her to my list :). SignatureLesanne > Mom fell yesterday evening and broke her right hip. Ambulance got here > pretty quick and got her to the hospital where she was in the emergency [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Please remember Mom in your prayers and good thoughts. Ronny, You are living my worst nightmare, when lurking here I learn much, sympathize alot, and guess I have been praying and not realized it but today I will ask The Lord to give special attention to your mom. Steve Acts17-11@webtv.net (Ronny TX) wrote in news:22040-4433B07B-62@storefull- 3332.bay.webtv.net: > Doc said Mom would be in the hospital for several days and then > would need to go to nursing home/rehab for about a month and then see > how things go as to whether she should/could come home or not? > > Please remember Mom in your prayers and good thoughts. Ronny, I will surely add you and your mom to my list of prayers and good thoughts. Not all rehabs are created alike. I hope I'm going to be the lone voice of pessimism in this thread. Weigh what I say against the others. You may discover that you need to stay glued to your mother's side for a minimum 16 of the 24 hours, in order to see that her care is managed appropriately. Dementia patients, in particular, seem to need extraordinary help from LOs when in rehab. The month in rehab may be more gruelling for you than anything you've ever faced before. Then, again, it may not be. I sincerely hope not. I'm just warning you about what our family faced with rehab. It wasn't the rehab's fault. The doctor(s) werent' paying sufficient attention. My mother needed 24/7 care for a large multiple of months. (Years.) It's my genuine hope that you don't have to face that alone. (Don't even try, Ronny, if you see this happening with your mother. Get whatever outside help you can, ASAP. Even if you don't think you need it. If you need help, you needed it yesterday.) Best wishes and hopes sent to you and your mother, Deborah Ronny, I'm sorry to hear about your Mother and wish you and your family all the best. You are my favorite poster. I love reading about you and your Mom.... except for today. ouch! So sorry to hear that .... my grandmother broke her hip last spring and it set off a whole bunch of nasty events ....and of course, it's a constant fear for us here re: my MIL hope she recovers quickly and well... and that YOU get a bit of a break while she's being cared for elsewhere > Mom fell yesterday evening and broke her right hip. Ambulance got here > pretty quick and got her to the hospital where she was in the emergency [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Please remember Mom in your prayers and good thoughts. >ouch! So sorry to hear that .... my grandmother broke her hip last spring >and it set off a whole bunch of nasty events ....and of course, it's a >constant fear for us here re: my MIL > >hope she recovers quickly and well... and that YOU get a bit of a break >while she's being cared for elsewhere Any body have any experience with broken bones and EOD? That is, is it unheard of, infrequent, almost never? anthony shipley Run away with me; I can make you unhappy. interspersed below... > Mom fell yesterday evening and broke her right hip. Ambulance got here > pretty quick and got her to the hospital where she was in the emergency [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > said they would move her to a room this morning,so I have to get in a > minute to go take my sisters place so she can go to work. Take it from someone that just finished getting 2 family members through surgery this past month -- hospitals are no longer a safe place to be left alone. I saw nurses asking my Mom about her doc's instructions while she was still on a morphine pump. Not surprising that the info they got was wrong but if I hadn't been there, they wouldn't have known it. Apparently, checking the chart just isn't the done thing these days. > Everything seems about as good as it can be in a bad situation like > this. Doc said Mom would be in the hospital for several days and then > would need to go to nursing home/rehab for about a month and then see > how things go as to whether she should/could come home or not? A family friend recently finished a stay in rehab for a broken hip with no problems, if that's an encouragement. She doesn't have dementia, but is blind and worse than a 6 year old for not following orders. But the rehab guys remembered she was diabetic in spite of her best efforts. :-) > Please remember Mom in your prayers and good thoughts. Of course, but you too. Your Mom has a team of people taking care of her. Make sure you take care of you! This place doesn't have the same flavor when a dash of Ronnie is missing. Karen > Everything seems about as good as it can be in a bad situation like > this. Doc said Mom would be in the hospital for several days and then > would need to go to nursing home/rehab for about a month and then see > how things go as to whether she should/could come home or not? ronny, i hope the rehab goes well. you will have to become her advocate now instead of caregiver. you are in my thoughts. > > Everything seems about as good as it can be in a bad situation like > > this. Doc said Mom would be in the hospital for several days and then [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > ronny, i hope the rehab goes well. you will have to become her > advocate now instead of caregiver. you are in my thoughts. Ronny. Not much i can say but i hope the recovery goes well....Guess as shes in the US she wants to get back to that barn dancing things to Billy Ray Cyrus as soon as possible...dont break my hip, my achey breaky hip ;-) Best wishes from Jules, England > Mom fell yesterday evening and broke her right hip. Ambulance got here > pretty quick and got her to the hospital where she was in the emergency [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Please remember Mom in your prayers and good thoughts. Make sure she's getting 1000u of Vitamin D each day to speed the healing process. It took 5 days in the hospital, 3 weeks in rehab and 3 months of split 12 hr shifts 24/7 to rehab our LO. However she did recover. Now we have trouble keeping her from climbing on chairs and stopping her constant playing with the screw head that protrudes slightly along her upper leg. Good luck. AW Thank you all. :-) Tried to post early this morning;but couldn't get past the MSN logo after putting in my password. Glad things are working tonight! Mom was doing fairly well Wensday morning and got moved from ICU to a private room. I slept some that day and got back to the hospital about 7pm or so and stayed with Mom until around 1am, when one of my brothers came. Mom slept from 10 to 4,so that was good. Hurting at times;but they were good about getting her pain meds to her. (One big problem was someone had to be with her to keep her from pulling out her IV and pulling on her catheter tube.) And good news is there were no cracked/broke bones in her right shoulder. The doc had wondered about that;but put off doing that x-ray for a bit. They got Mom up for a bit today-45 minutes to an hour,so she could walk just a bit and sit up in a chair. She was talking away some when I got there this evening.:-) Considering all,it seems Mom's doing pretty good. Will be in the hospital a few more days,then rehab for maybe a month. Now for the not so good and good news on me! LoL It was Wensday night into Thursday morning that a nurse kept coming in about every 30 minutes to check Mom's vital signs. So we got to talking and I mentioned being sick last fall,going to my doctor,him saying my blood pressure was up and that I needed to come back and have it checked again after I got well. That I checked it once during the winter and it was still up;but I just ignored that and didn't go back to my doctor. So Mom's nurse said she would check my blood pressure too. Checked it in both arms about 1am or so the other night and told me when my brother got there I needed to go down to the emergency room and have the doctor there check it too. She got a reading of 190 over 114. Got to the emergency room in a bit,all the paperwork done and in a room. The first reading they got was 190/111. Did a chest x-ray and took blood. Doc gave me two pills,came back in 30 to 45 minutes,gave me another pill and told me to rest and try to sleep awhile. Finally got to head home about 4:30am or so and my BP was 174/111. Then that evening went and picked up my prescription for Norvasc 5mg. And made an appointment to see another doc this evening that the emergency room doc wanted me to see. Saw her this evening and she said the Norvasc was working;but not getting my BP down good/fast enough,so she prescribed Benazepril 20mg to go along with the Norvasc. Then Monday morning I'm to go back to have my cholesteral checked. Then another checkup about 7 days after that to see how the meds are doing? And my next oldest sister has been getting on to me when I go by the hospital to see Mom and telling me I should get my tail home and be resting and relaxing!LoL I have been,as much as possible,between going back for Dr's appointments and getting to the pharmacy- :-) twice in the last two days. And I picked up more fishing gear too while shopping yesterday. :-) Got my new rod and real last week. A bit more fishing stuff today,plus a fishing license. :-) Went down to our farm pond and fished about 2 hours this morning from 8 to 10. Caught a couple of little perch. :-) So except for this morning,tonight is about the first time this week I've really got to relax completely and have nothing I have to do. (ha) Just hope it's not too cool or windy here tomorrow. Strong north winds came in about an hour before dark. I got some new bait today and wanna go fishing tomorrow! LoL May have to wait until Sunday though? Well,that's about all the news for now. > I got some new bait today and wanna go > fishing tomorrow! fishing is probably the best way i can think of to lower blood pressure... Re: Mom Fell/Broke Hip Group: alt.support.alzheimers Date: Fri, Apr 7, 2006, 9:32pm (CDT-3) From: NO_SPAM_TO_dpharris@gci.net (Dennis P. Harris) On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 22:52:03 -0500 in alt.support.alzheimers, Acts17-11@webtv.net (Ronny TX) wrote: > > I got some new bait today and wanna > > go fishing tomorrow! > Dennis > fishing is probably the best way i can > think of to lower blood pressure... Ronny: Not posting much of anywhere yet tonight. Just woke up from a long,several hours nap! :-) Maybe post more later on or sometime tomorrow? But I hope you're right on this one Dennis because I do love to fish! LoL Just haven't gotten to do much if any of that in a long time. Mom still doing pretty good today. Next oldest sister came by this morning and said though that she was agitated at times;but slept good other times. Said yesterday it took 4 people to keep Mom in bed for awhile as she was determined to get up and go home. That of course,with out her even knowing where home was,as sister put up;but said she calmed down later. The clouds went on today,wind down a good bit and it warmed up to 65° or so,so I went fishing a bit. Caught 4 small perch.:-) That's fun,except for the fact I was trying to get over a sinus headache at the time. (ha) Well,it was better when I went fishing. I think after I took some aspirin? Had the same problem Friday evening;but the headache stopped after taking aspirin. Just came back today on the right side of my face with stopped up sinus's and all. Took more aspirin,used my hand held hair dryer too. That heat and air massage on my face helped some. Took a hot shower with a lot of hot water on my tense neck muscles and that helped too for awhile. Then took the first sinus pill when things got worse again. Usually take two of those. Did take the 2nd one about an hour later when things weren't improving. Not really supposed to take those with this high blood pressure; but had to take something to get over that sinus headache. Need to find out which sinus meds are safer for use when a person has high blood pressure? Did mention I got my fishing license this week. :-) And did know of a good fishing spot just a bit down the road. Would like to check that out this week and see if it's still as easy to get too as it used to be? Just a wide creek that crosses a local paved road and runs into a big lake and in the past someone has always kept the right of way there mowed off right down and around that creek bank. I've only been there once or twice,that a long time ago and not for very long at a time. A long time ago a neighbor lady said she and her family caught bass,catfish,perch,crappie, etc. there. :-) And I just remembered that the same neighbor told me last year that I can go fishing anytime I want at her two farm ponds. :-) I'd forgotten that;but good thing I remembered as her place is less than a mile down the road from me! LoL Just taking it easy tonight. Been reading a good book before I went to sleep this evening and reading some on a couple of newspapers. May read a bit more,watch some TV and or sleep a bit more :-) before I get back online? Ronny, I love fishing too.I have caught quite a few mean bass up here in Minnesota.Land of 10,000 bugs.I could sit out there all day.I have even covered up with a blanket after the mosquitos started biting to keep on fishing.Fishing and gardening,what else is there in life/Barb Re: Mom Fell/Broke Hip Group: alt.support.alzheimers Date: Sun, Apr 9, 2006, 9:48am From: deadwoodflower@webtv.net (Barb Terry) > Ronny, > I love fishing too.I have caught quite [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > and gardening,what else is there in > life/Barb Ronny: I had a good time fishing this evening at a creek that goes into a local lake. Stayed out about 4 hours and got my face sunburnt some! LoL Got 6 catfish and a small turtle! But had to throw 5 of the catfish back because they weren't big enough. :-( But broiled the large one for supper tonight. :-) Saw one snake. I was on the bank and the silly thing swam right by me like I wasn't even there and you can believe I kept a good eye on that one! LoL Then I thought I saw two of the biggest snakes swimming up that creek towards where I was! They kept getting closer and I stayed real still. When they got close enough I realized they weren't snakes at all;but beaver! I think? Or maybe nutria? I've heard of those last ones in Louisiania; but don't know if we have them here in NE Texas or not? The only problem this evening besides not catching enough big fish LoL was that I had another sinus headache that kept coming and going. :-( Nothing really bad;but just bothersome. Bugs me that I have had that off and on for 3 days now. Don't think I will go to the lake again for awhile. Got 4 neighboring pools,closer to home,to check out! :-) Would like to post more tonight;but better get to bed. Blood check at the doctors office comes at 7:30 in the morning. I was in bed earlier;but decided I better get up and eat a little more since I can't eat after midnight or when I get up in the morning!LoL Have heard that Mom did pretty good today. And that they have been able to lower her pain meds some. Plan on going in to see her after my blood work tomorrow. And tonight at 8:30 my BP was 142/88,so that's a lot better than it was! :-) Ronny, high blood pressure can cause headaches; that might be causing yours. Gwen Re: Mom Fell/Broke Hip Group: alt.support.alzheimers Date: Sun, Apr 9, 2006, 9:48am From: deadwoodflower@webtv.net (Barb Terry) > Ronny, > I love fishing too.I have caught quite [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > and gardening,what else is there in > life/Barb Ronny: I had a good time fishing this evening at a creek that goes into a local lake. Stayed out about 4 hours and got my face sunburnt some! LoL Got 6 catfish and a small turtle! But had to throw 5 of the catfish back because they weren't big enough. :-( But broiled the large one for supper tonight. :-) Saw one snake. I was on the bank and the silly thing swam right by me like I wasn't even there and you can believe I kept a good eye on that one! LoL Then I thought I saw two of the biggest snakes swimming up that creek towards where I was! They kept getting closer and I stayed real still. When they got close enough I realized they weren't snakes at all;but beaver! I think? Or maybe nutria? I've heard of those last ones in Louisiania; but don't know if we have them here in NE Texas or not? The only problem this evening besides not catching enough big fish LoL was that I had another sinus headache that kept coming and going. :-( Nothing really bad;but just bothersome. Bugs me that I have had that off and on for 3 days now. Don't think I will go to the lake again for awhile. Got 4 neighboring pools,closer to home,to check out! :-) Would like to post more tonight;but better get to bed. Blood check at the doctors office comes at 7:30 in the morning. I was in bed earlier;but decided I better get up and eat a little more since I can't eat after midnight or when I get up in the morning!LoL Have heard that Mom did pretty good today. And that they have been able to lower her pain meds some. Plan on going in to see her after my blood work tomorrow. And tonight at 8:30 my BP was 142/88,so that's a lot better than it was! :-) > Re: Mom Fell/Broke Hip > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > headaches; that might be causing yours. > Gwen Ronny: I did think about that and it was a scarey thought to me;but I would think my recent headaches were sinus because of my stopped up sinus on one side of my head,etc. Mowed the yard today and it was dusty in places. Should of went and found a dust mask to wear;but didn't,so took a Benedryl later and slept all evening! LoL >> Re: Mom Fell/Broke Hip >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > places. Should of went and found a dust mask to wear;but didn't,so took > a Benedryl later and slept all evening! LoL Ronnie, since it's high allergy season in your neck of the woods, you might want to look for Mucinex. It makes your mucus membranes "sweat" so it gets rid of what's irritating you as well as helping you drain (but make sure you're drinking plenty of water). But yes, even a wet bandana over your nose will help. PLEASE -- Ask your doc to be sure, but I think it may be safe with high blood pressure. I've been taking the stuff for allergies for about 10 years (it used to be prescription). Karen > Thank you all. :-) > [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > > Well,that's about all the news for now. Hi Ronny, Thanks for updating us all. You know one of the things we as caregivers tend to do is to neglect our own health when we are so caught up in taking care of a loved one. I am so glad you caught this blood pressure thing! Please do not underestimate how dangerous uncontrolled high blood pressure can be! They call it the "silent killer" because you can have a stroke or it can kill your kidneys. Everyone reading this should get checked and have a physical. Health issues can crop up and we are so busy or even so depressed with caregiving that we tend to put them off till something serious comes along. Glad your mom is coming along OK, Ronny, and it is always wonderful to read your posts. BTW, they say that petting cats is soothing and helps lower blood pressure too. I know you have a couple of cats around there, and I am sure they will be happy to help you fish, too! Have a great day, and catch up on your rest while mom being cared for in the hospital. SignatureBest Regards, Evelyn (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox') Ronny, Yes, take care of that high blood pressure.I have High B.P.and if i miss 1 pill my head throbs,feet swell and I feel awful.And glad to hear your mom is doing well.Yesterday i got to have the whole day off.Sister finally took mom for the day.I went to my sister-in-laws and had just an awesome day of just visiting without 1 interuption.I am sure you all know what I mean.It was wonderful.Barb Re: Mom Fell/Broke Hip Group: alt.support.alzheimers Date: Sat, Apr 8, 2006, 10:39am (CDT+5) From: mama-lionsox@hvc.rr.com (Evelyn Ruut) "Ronny TX" <Acts17-11@webtv.net> wrote in message news:3970-44373363-54@storefull-3335.bay.webtv.net... > > Thank you all. :-) {snip} > Evelyn: > Hi Ronny, Ronny: Heah. :-) > Evelyn: > Thanks for updating us all. You know [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > to put them off till something serious > comes along. Ronny: And I wonder,if in general,males are worse than females about putting off getting health problems checked? I know I put this off after my doc told me my BP was up last fall and me checking it once after that. Could of checked it again with the BP moniter I have;but didn't. Just ignored it and tried not to think about whether it might be up or down. > Evelyn: > Glad your mom is coming along OK, Ronny, > and it is always wonderful to read your > posts. Ronny: Thank you on both counts. :-) > Evelyn: > BTW, they say that petting cats is > soothing and helps lower blood pressure > too. I know you have a couple of cats > around there, and I am sure they will be > happy to help you fish, too! Ronny: I've been making Trouble2,my young tomcat stay outside more. LoL But will let him back in more soon. :-) And no dog here in awhile;but a few years back someone gave me an old doghouse. Saw Mama Cat in there last week,peeked in and saw she had two kittens! :-) LoL Glad it was just two though! I think it was 4 she had last year;but 3 disappeared. Did get Trouble2 out of that deal though. :-) Still, need to get Mama Cat to the low cost clinic soon after a bit and get her neutered. This is her 2nd batch of kittens and that is more than enough. LoL > Evelyn: > Have a great day, and catch up on your > rest while mom being cared for in the > hospital. Ronny: I did get a looong nap this evening after taking some sinus pills. From around 5 or 6pm until nearly midnight! Hated to have to take those;but I couldn't get to sleep with that sinus headache. Need to find out what is the safest and effective sinus med for someone with high blood pressure? So will do some Google searching on that. Also have a real good book with healthy and simple recipes in it. Past time to use that! LoL Need to look up this book online and order it used,as somehow my copy got wet a good while back? Think I forgot onetime and left it outside when it rained some? Good thing I know I didn't ever find it wet and in Mom's potty chair! LoL But need to order that book and look through the copy I have now and make a list of a few things I need to get at the grocery store this week. Good thing I love brown rice, :-) as this book stresses that and also lots of fresh vegetables,whole grains and some fruits. Just in general a low fat, low salt and sugar book with a lot of good and simple recipes! :-) And thinking this evening and tonight about the several large plastic containers I have around here. Large things that held minerals for my neighbor's cattle. Thinking to fill them up with a compost/soil mixture and planting somethings in those. Healthy things I like,like radishes,onions,turnips, turnip greens,etc. Will get some of those at the grocery of course,before mine get ready;but would like to grow my own also this year. And need to get more small garden beds going in the yard. Have two 4x4 foot beds now that my tomatoes and peppers can go in. And purslane. :-) Used to have that come up wild some in the old garden spot. Very healthy and I like it. Need to get some of that going. Some for eating and some kinds for their flowers! :-) Purslane/moss rose grows and blooms around here in our hottest summer weather! Beautiful flowers on some kinds of those! Just a lot to do and ideas running out of my head on other things I want to do. LoL Onething interesting too. My Doc said Friday,no stress for a week until my BP gets down. Next oldest Sis told me last week that I shouldn't be using my weedeater now! :-) So I asked my doctor about that and she saw no problem in me doing yardwork like that. Will take it easy of course. :-) Don't mean to work my head off! LoL But I do have one rock enclosed bed that I need to get a few dried weeds out of and cut the ryegrass out of. It's in a sunny spot and I want to get it cleaned out so I can plant some things there. Think I better got off of here for awhile, stick my feet up,read a bit and will probably fall back asleep. Maybe a snack first? :-) Pretty day coming up in the morning and I want to be rested so I can get a few things done or started. Ronny: I did get a looong nap this evening after taking some sinus pills. From around 5 or 6pm until nearly midnight! Hated to have to take those;but I couldn't get to sleep with that sinus headache. Need to find out what is the safest and effective sinus med for someone with high blood pressure? So will do some Google searching on that. Onething interesting too. My Doc said Friday,no stress for a week until my BP gets down. Hi Ronny, If your doc gives you meds for your BP don't worry, there are lots of good ones out there now. I think almost everyone I know is taking a BP med of some kind :-) Now here is the scary thing; There are no good drugs for sinus infections that don't raise BP. My doctor gave me some Allegra, which is pretty helpful, but as for over the counter ones, they all tend to raise the BP. So you need to get to see your regular doc soon, and he can get you fixed up. Men are notoriously worse than women about going for help, so don't you do that, Okay? Hope all goes well for you with your mom and everything...:-) SignatureBest Regards, Evelyn (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox') Ronny, so glad your mom is doing well. Pain medicine is a life saver when you have something like she has. After my hip replacement, they gave me pain medicine just before I went for therapy every morning and every afternoon while I was at the rehab hospital. Couldn't have done it otherwise. Pray she will be cooperative and able to do what they want her to do, and she will heal very quickly. Gwen > Thank you all. :-) > [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > > Well,that's about all the news for now. Ronny, it's a shame that they can't take a BP reading on you while you're fishing. :-) If it's not lower then, you're wound too tight! I don't know if you're a big coffee drinker, but I had to give it up for awhile because it was making my BP spike. Strange thing was that an equal amount of caffeine in tea or other sources didn't cause a problem -- just coffee. Take care! Karen ---snip--- > And I picked up more fishing gear too while shopping yesterday. :-) Got > my new rod and real last week. A bit more fishing stuff today,plus a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Well,that's about all the news for now. >Ronny, it's a shame that they can't take a BP reading on you while you're >fishing. :-) If it's not lower then, you're wound too tight! I don't know >if you're a big coffee drinker, but I had to give it up for awhile because >it was making my BP spike. Strange thing was that an equal amount of >caffeine in tea or other sources didn't cause a problem -- just coffee. What are other sources of caffeine - that might substitute? anthony shipley Run away with me; I can make you unhappy. Evelyn,it turned out the diet book I talked about and have didn't get wet and it was in much better shape than I thought,so that's really nice. :-) Not so sleepy now-got awake thinking about that book,hunted for it and found it.:-) It's called the 1 Day At A Time Diet by Joe D. Goldstrich,M.D. & Daniel Kaufman. It stresses brown rice,fresh vegetables,fruits,beans and low salt,fat and sugar,etc. So,since I got awake reading in that book and another-I decided to just get started on cooking my brown rice. LoL Nice too that it tells several ways to season that without salt. :-) [Got chicken on my grocery list to make some low fat chicken stock with.] I do like brown rice OK without seasoning;but like it better with! LoL And I love that brown rice is so easy to cook/prepare! :-) Rice is done,so think I will eat a bit in a minute-that along with the peaches I've already eaten. Better get back out of here for now. :-) > Evelyn,it turned out the diet book I talked about and have didn't get > wet and it was in much better shape than I thought,so that's really [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Better get back out of here for now. :-) Hi Ronny, I have a great way of making brown rice, by the way. I do it in the microwave. 2 cups of rice 4 cups of water, in a microwave safe cooking dish, uncovered, and set the microwave timer for 40 minutes. Do the first ten minutes on high, then cut the power level to about 1/2 power, then keep watch that it doesn't boil over, and if it starts doing that, lower the power level even more. Don't stir or anything during the cooking time. After the 40 minutes is up, just shut the microwave off, cover it, and let it coast for a few more minutes till you are ready to serve it. Microwaves vary, but the idea is to keep it gently cooking without boiling over. We use brown basmati, which is hard to find, but we get it in the health food store. The aroma is sort of like cooking popcorn. Totally awesome. SignatureBest Regards, Evelyn (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox') Evelyn, Just had to pipe in here.I HATE the smell of popcorn.LOL I had a trip to the E.R.yesterday.My feet were so swollen and my head was killing me.I already take a blood pressure pill.They put me on 20mgs. of lasix for 3 days.I already feel better this morning.It was scary though.I need to lose weight so i too am looking to start eating better.Lots of fruit and veggies.Steel cut oats is really good for us too.My down fall is bread.Darn its hard to eat healthy.LOL,Barb > Evelyn, > Just had to pipe in here.I HATE the smell of popcorn.LOL I had a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > better.Lots of fruit and veggies.Steel cut oats is really good for us > too.My down fall is bread.Darn its hard to eat healthy.LOL,Barb Hi Barb, That sounds awful. Sorry to hear you are going through that. About the weight loss.... join the club! But I have to tell you that anything carbohydrate, including oats, seems to stimulate my appetite. I do a lot better by limiting the amount of carbs I eat daily. Better for my weight and also for my blood glucose. Fortunately I love vegetables. SignatureBest Regards, Evelyn (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox') Evelyn, you would probably do well on "The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet" which Grayson and I both lost weight on at one time. You're allowed a certain number of carbs at breakfast and lunch, but for one meal you eat anyting you want in a reasonable amount. Sure worked for us. Gwen >> Evelyn, >> Just had to pipe in here.I HATE the smell of popcorn.LOL I had a [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > do a lot better by limiting the amount of carbs I eat daily. Better for > my weight and also for my blood glucose. Fortunately I love vegetables. Anthony, I can drink a pot of Earl Grey or drink Red Bull energy drinks and it doesn't have the same effect on my BP as one cup of coffee - even though a pot of Earl Grey has more caffeine than a cup of coffee. My morning routine now is a pot of tea. Another BP item is sodium. If you have to watch your sodium intake, people frequently don't realize that tap water can have high levels of sodium. Sometimes naturally, sometimes from water treatments for 'hard' water. But it can be really difficult for someone trying to watch their sodium levels because the first thing you look at is the salt shaker on the table, not what's coming out of the tap. Karen >>Ronny, it's a shame that they can't take a BP reading on you while you're >>fishing. :-) If it's not lower then, you're wound too tight! I don't [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Run away with me; I can make you unhappy. > Anthony, I can drink a pot of Earl Grey or drink Red Bull energy drinks > and it doesn't have the same effect on my BP as one cup of coffee - even [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Karen That is true. The best water both in taste and for health is purified by reverse osmosis. It removes all the sodium (and lots of other junk) from the water, and you cannot believe how utterly delicious it is. We have Culligan deliver 5 gallon bottles of reverse osmosis purified water to us, and we use it just for drinking water (and for tea). We are totally spoiled, even though we have quite an extensive water purification system for our well water. The one thing we don't have is a reverse osmosis unit, but we are happy with the bottled water, so we'll stick with that. SignatureBest Regards, Evelyn (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox') >>>Ronny, it's a shame that they can't take a BP reading on you while you're >>>fishing. :-) If it's not lower then, you're wound too tight! I don't [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> Run away with me; I can make you unhappy. > Anthony, I can drink a pot of Earl Grey or drink Red Bull energy drinks and > it doesn't have the same effect on my BP as one cup of coffee - even though [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > because the first thing you look at is the salt shaker on the table, not > what's coming out of the tap. I never knew that! So maybe it's better to buy bottled water? ----snip---- >> Another BP item is sodium. If you have to watch your sodium intake, > people [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I never knew that! So maybe it's better to buy bottled water? As usual, Evelyn has it pegged in her post, but yes, if you're watching your sodium, bottled water is lower (reverse osmosis or distilled, spring water can depend on what spring). Another hidden source is fresh chicken -- they inject it with broth that has sodium in it. Our society sneaks it into a lot of places you wouldn't expect. If you're really having to watch it for health reasons, you have to really read labels. Karen > ----snip---- >>> Another BP item is sodium. If you have to watch your sodium intake, [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Karen Karen, I too am sensitive to certain kinds of sodium. Oddly enough, the salt that comes from the grocery store in the round containers will cause me to retain fluid and raises my blood pressure, but Kosher salt does not, and it has the side benefit of actually tasting better. Apparently there are certain additives in the regular salt, but not in the Kosher salt. If you read the box it lists them. Notice all the great chefs use Kosher salt too. I had hubby drill out the holes in the salt shaker to accommodate the coarser quality. The thing that really bothers me the most is when we eat at the Chinese restaurant, there is rather a lot of salt in Chinese food! SignatureBest Regards, Evelyn (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox') ----snip---- > Karen, I too am sensitive to certain kinds of sodium. Oddly enough, the > salt that comes from the grocery store in the round containers will cause [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > bothers me the most is when we eat at the Chinese restaurant, there is > rather a lot of salt in Chinese food! Evelyn, you may already do this, but if you look for Chinese food places that don't use MSG, you'll lower the sodium content of the dish. Some places will steam the food, making it even healthier. If you add that to steamed rice (instead of fried rice) you can have a healthy meal, but you do have to hunt out the places that will fix it that way. One strange thing is American food tends to be even higher in MSG than Asian. I found this out when I developed an allergy to MSG. Vietnamese Pho soup would cause minor hives but corn dogs sent me into anaphalactic shock. I had an Vietnamese friend tell me that Americans use too much MSG when they use it. :-) Karen > ----snip---- >> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Karen Hi Karen, Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately my husband enjoys going to the chinese buffet..... where everything is swimming in grease, and drenched in salty sauces :-( We tried a different chinese restaurant today, a regular sit down restaurant. It was a little better, since I can order steamed food there. SignatureBest Regards, Evelyn (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox') Thank you all again,for the well wishes,recipes and all. :-) Mom's still doing fairly good except for being very agitated at times. Next oldest Sis told me Monday that they had to give Mom a shot of Haldol(sp?) to get her to sleep. Seems she was very agitated,not sleeping,pulled out her catheter, (sigh) and was taking off her hospital gown! :-) Sis didn't see how Mom managed that with it being tied in the back;but manage it she did! LoL I had my cholesteral blood work done early Monday morning and will find out about that later on. Got to see/talk with Mom just a few seconds that morning before she fell back asleep. And I think this Thursday is the day she will be moved to the nursing home for rehab? Last night my oldest Sis came by and she thinks it best if Mom comes straight home from the hospital instead of going to the nursing home for awhile. I didn't say anything to that because it's not going to happen;but I did wonder how she thought I would take care of Mom with her in her present condition? I'm just hoping Mom can come home after a month or so of rehab and only then if we think that's whats best for her. And only time will tell on that part. I went fishing at 4 of my neighbors ponds yesterday evening. :-) Caught 13 catfish, two big enough to keep,so kept the biggest and broiled it for supper. Had the same the evening before;but the 2nd was better because I had picked up some Mrs. Dash lemon seasoning to put on it. That really made it good tasting! :-) Thought I better get some house cleaning done today. :-) So,picked up papers, washed dishes,got a load of clothes hung out,yard picked up some,mowed the yard and visited a bit with a new neighbor. The yard was dusty in places,so took a Benedryl after mowing and slept all evening! LoL I'm used to rushing when I shop and several times this past week I've had to remind myself to slow down-that I can slow down because I don't have to rush and get back home so quick. And when sitting in the living room,I've several times expected to see Mom laying in her bed when I look over that way. Strange thing to be used to something,expect things to be a certain way and then realize that they aren't that way right now. So far I've found I'm pretty happy with my own company. :-) Which is sort of a surprise because I used to hate being in this house by myself when Mom was in the hospital. I'm not watching more TV. In fact,I'm surprised to find I'm watching less than usual. Still doing some reading. But have had some fun fishing,doing yardwork and visiting with Mom and others a bit at the hospital. Have even let my cat,Trouble2,in less. I feed and water him and my other cats;but Trouble2 demands attention after that as well. (ha) So I end up making him go out after a bit,so I can enjoy my peace and quite! LoL Need to get more into my diet this week. Add somemore healthy stuff to it. Plant a bit outside. Work on some more planting beds. And definately do more fishing. LoL Want to get my trotline out too,so I can get some catfish out of our pond. So I need to clean out the fridges freezer,so I can make room for the good stuff. :-) Right now just taking it easy. Might just go back to sleep early? :-) > Last night my oldest Sis came by and she thinks it best if Mom comes > straight home from the hospital instead of going to the nursing home for [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > month or so of rehab and only then if we think that's whats best for > her. And only time will tell on that part. Hi Ronny, Your sister probably means well, but she is not thinking too clearly on that request. I hope you decide to let your mom stay in the hospital for her rehab for as long as is needed, and maybe even longer. The reason I say this is because of the well known effect of general anesthesia on people with alzheimers. It is said that it makes the dementia worse, and sometimes they never regain the level of functioning they had before being anesthetized. This is why so many caregivers agonize over whether or not to permit any kind of surgery on their loved ones, unless it is absolutely necessary. Of course, having a broken hip is in the "absolutely necessary" category, but you don't know for sure how it has affected your mom. The worst thing is that they can't remember why they are in the hospital, what this or that (like the catheter) is for, or that they even had an injury that needed attention in the first place. I am so glad you are enjoying your free time just now, Ronny. You surely need and deserve the little mini-vacation while your mom is healing up from her hip surgery. If I don't have a chance to say so again, please have a wonderful Easter! SignatureBest Regards, Evelyn (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox') Ronny, think about me when you eat those catfish, but I prefer mine fried. I do love them. Try to take it a little easier and get some good resting time while your mom is not there to keep you on your toes all the time. But fishing is restful too, huh! Gwen > Thank you all again,for the well wishes,recipes and all. :-) > [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > > Right now just taking it easy. Might just go back to sleep early? :-) Ronnie i am so sorry your mom fell. But i'm happy everything is going well for her, isn't that wonderful, and your sisters are helping. Great. I love your posts too Ronnie. You seem to be a man of the land and i just love that. Take care of your high blood pressure. My husband tends to high blood pressure and was given Avapro. He stopped taking it 'cause he's ok now. The over weight we have influences blood pressure, so i feed him healthy stuff and we walk for 50 mins every evening and its ok for now. We just have to keep at it and dont forget it. Do plant some of your vegetables if you can and you'll enjoy both cultivating, harvesting and eating. Lots of love to you Ronnie. Take care. Re: Mom Fell/Broke Hip Group: alt.support.alzheimers Date: Tue, Apr 11, 2006, 4:51am (CDT-2) From: cbet17@hotmail.com (Nati) > Ronnie i am so sorry your mom fell. But > i'm happy everything is going well for [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > to be a man of the land and i just love > that. Ronny: Thank you. :-) My oldest Sis was not so helpful though last night. (ha) It won't happen;but she told me she thought it would be best if Mom came straight home from the hospital instead of going to the nursing home rehag for a month or so. Not gonna happen. For one reason,there is no way I could take care of her in her present condition. > Nati: > Take care of your high blood pressure. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > evening and its ok for now. We just > have to keep at it and dont forget it. Ronny: I've started a bit healthier eating now. :-) More cutting down some on what's not good for me and adding just a bit of what I know is good for me. Got a great diet book for that with lots of good,simple low fat/salt recipes. Need to get more on that this week. > Nati: > Do plant some of your vegetables if you > can and you'll enjoy both cultivating, > harvesting and eating. Lots of love to > you Ronnie. Take care. Ronny: Thank you. :-) And doing the above is a part of what I hope to do this week! :-) Got one small 4x4 planting bed cleaned out today so that I can plant in it later this week. Thinking of putting my tomato plants in that one and radishes around the edges. Need to make up a list of seeds I want to get when shopping. Will go to a local nursery and probably end up with more seeds and plants than I need! LoL Much to do around here;but plan to tackle just a bit a day. |
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