Food & Exercise -- 2/4/2007

On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:46:01 -0800, "determined"
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"Chris Braun" wrote in message
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On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 12:16:15 -0800, "determined"
wrote:


"Chris Braun" wrote in message
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On 6 Feb 2007 11:38:06 -0800, "k." wrote:

On Feb 5, 7:15 pm, Chris Braun wrote:
My mom is pretty much on a
downhill spiral, though, I think. I call her every day but it's so
difficult. Her mind hasn't been perfect for some while, but on all
the pain meds it's deteriorated a lot, and she is always confused
about where she is and where I am and why I'm not there and everything
else. And she has lost a lot of strength and can no longer walk
without help and has fallen several times when she got out of bed
without calling for help. And she doesn't eat because she's in pain
and feels queasy, so that just keeps making her weaker. I doubt
she'll live a lot longer, but no one can really say what will happen.
It's getting to a point where death would be a blessing to her, I'm
afraid.

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Chris,

I'm a mostly lurker, but regular reader. I'm sorry about your mom.
That's such a hard place to be. My sympathies to you.

k.

Thanks for your thoughts. We all have to lose our parents sometime,
and we don't have much control over how the game is going to play out.
But it is tough. I kind of dread calling my mom each day; sometimes
it seems like the woman I knew is just not in there any more.


My mom is schizophrenic, and when i talk to her, which is maybe once every
couple years, she is merely a shell of what she was when I was a kid. I
try
to remember the good stuff, but it just sucks.


Wow, that is really hard. It reminds me that my situation is really
much easier than what many people face. At least this is a recent --
and probably short-term -- situation.

Chris

God, I hope it didn't sound like I was trying to minimize your issues... I
just want to give you empathy. I understand to a degree what you are going
through! Your situation is PLENTY difficult.

Betsy


Oh no -- I'm sorry if it sounded like I thought that. I just realize
that there are many worse things. (Actually, I just had one of the
best phone conversations with my mom that I've had in a few weeks. She
was lucid, actually carried on a reasonable dialogue, and had
apparently eaten some lunch :-).)

Chris

On Feb 6, 1:51 pm, Chris Braun wrote:
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:46:01 -0800, "determined"





wrote:

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 12:16:15 -0800, "determined"
wrote:

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
...
On 6 Feb 2007 11:38:06 -0800, "k." wrote:

On Feb 5, 7:15 pm, Chris Braun wrote:
My mom is pretty much on a
downhill spiral, though, I think. I call her every day but it's so
difficult. Her mind hasn't been perfect for some while, but on all
the pain meds it's deteriorated a lot, and she is always confused
about where she is and where I am and why I'm not there and everything
else. And she has lost a lot of strength and can no longer walk
without help and has fallen several times when she got out of bed
without calling for help. And she doesn't eat because she's in pain
and feels queasy, so that just keeps making her weaker. I doubt
she'll live a lot longer, but no one can really say what will happen.
It's getting to a point where death would be a blessing to her, I'm
afraid.

Chris- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Chris,

I'm a mostly lurker, but regular reader. I'm sorry about your mom.
That's such a hard place to be. My sympathies to you.

k.

Thanks for your thoughts. We all have to lose our parents sometime,
and we don't have much control over how the game is going to play out.
But it is tough. I kind of dread calling my mom each day; sometimes
it seems like the woman I knew is just not in there any more.

My mom is schizophrenic, and when i talk to her, which is maybe once every
couple years, she is merely a shell of what she was when I was a kid. I
try
to remember the good stuff, but it just sucks.

Wow, that is really hard. It reminds me that my situation is really
much easier than what many people face. At least this is a recent --
and probably short-term -- situation.

Chris

God, I hope it didn't sound like I was trying to minimize your issues... I
just want to give you empathy. I understand to a degree what you are going
through! Your situation is PLENTY difficult.

Betsy

Oh no -- I'm sorry if it sounded like I thought that. I just realize
that there are many worse things. (Actually, I just had one of the
best phone conversations with my mom that I've had in a few weeks. She
was lucid, actually carried on a reasonable dialogue, and had
apparently eaten some lunch :-).)


Nice to have those times, it helps to get through the more difficult
ones.