TheBanyanTree: Update

[Teague, Julie Anna]

Man, that is valuable information  to hang  on  to.  Not  only because I have an elderly mother, but because I'm barely a step behind her in the age department.


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That reaction to UTI's isn't uncommon.  Happened to my mom - she went nutso (more than usual) & I was overwhelmed - could NOT figure out what was happening.  The advice nurse said, sorta casually, "Oh - probably a UTI"  & I thought maybe I'd gone nutso.  A UTI?  She's seeing stuff & tried to hit me & acting WHACK & you say UTI????

Yep.  She said it's often that way with older folks or those with chronic illness (Mom was both of those things).

Sure enough - one day of antibiotics later & she was back to (what we were
calling) normal.

Hope your antibiotic kicks in & has you back to your eccentric but kind self soon.

xo
sash

*"If you're not barefoot, then you're overdressed."*


On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 10:49 AM Laura Hicks <wolfljsh at gmail.com> wrote:

> I, for one, appreciate your PD and other life experiences posts. For 
> one thing, I’ve learned lot about Parkinsons that I would probably 
> have never learned otherwise. Also, you’re my friend, and I like 
> knowing what’s going on in your life, the good and the bad.
>
> Laura
> wolfljsh at gmail.com
>
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 9:14 PM Monique Colver 
> <monique.colver at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > WARNING: There will be mention of PD here, so anyone who doesn't 
> > want to hear that crap can stop reading now. There is a common 
> > misperception that PD involves only tremors and anything else I say 
> > is made up to evoke sympathy, which is the last thing on my mind. 
> > But one person does want to know.
> >
> > I'm being referred to gastro because I have gastro issues. It 
> > happens
> with
> > PD, and mine started before PD was diagnosed. But whatever.
> >
> > Last week I was going to go to the gym with Diana and Scott - he has 
> > been recently diagnosed with PD and they go to the gym most days 
> > because exercise is highly recommended for us. Diana hates the gym 
> > like I do, but she goes to support Scott, who prefers not to talk 
> > about PD at all. I haven't been exercising much because of issues 
> > referenced in the previous paragraph.
> >
> > I was excited! I wanted to see what I could do! I wanted to 
> > exercises my way back to functionality!
> >
> > I'd been feeling a little rundown, but that's not new, so whatever.
> Friday
> > morning I wolk up in significant pain, so after I ate something I 
> > went
> back
> > to bed. Pain and nausea. Then after a nap I went to work. The pain 
> > was worse though, and two hours before Diana was going to pick me up 
> > I said, "crap, I must have a UTI," and it was only getting worse. 
> > This wasn't the kind of thing one wants to wait on over a weekend.
> >
> > My doctor couldn't fit in me in at the end of a Friday, go figger, 
> > so Andrew made an online appt for me with Zoomcare who had always 
> > been great as a secondary last minute provider.
> >
> > By 5 pm I was checked in and attempting to fill a tiny bottle.
> >
> > Side note: little known fact. People with PD have a higher incidence 
> > of UTI's. No one knows why yet, but it happens. I've also heard many 
> > stories of PWP (people with Parkinson's) becoming aggressive and 
> > unreasonable
> when
> > they have a UTI. Also, no explanation for this, but it's a pretty 
> > common trope.
> >
> > So yes, it was a UTI, and they wanted to do more tests to make sure 
> > nothing else was going on since there's pain in other areas and 
> > there's also been blood. I left after a huge shot in the hip and a 
> > bottle of antibiotics, and after paying a few hundred bucks, still 
> > better than the ER. The hip has been in pain ever since. Then we 
> > stopped by the grocery store on the way home and I had other scripts to pick up anyway.
> >
> > While wandering the aisles we were talking because we do that, and 
> > apparently I slipped into hyper aggressive mode without knowing it. 
> > My husband rounded on me as if I'd said something other than what 
> > I'd been saying and I told him to go wait while I finished shopping. 
> > I  couldn't think clearly so I got cereal, something, and m&m's.
> >
> > So he tells me I became very angry and aggressive, and all I 
> > remember is talking in a normal voice. He does not make these things 
> > up, and he does not overreact and I've always assumed the PWP's with 
> > aggression while having UTI'S had a other issues - like more advanced PD and dementia.
> From
> > my perspective, I didn't do anything out of the ordinary. But I did, 
> > and
> my
> > memory of it is false, totally false.
> >
> > Now he knows it's a side effect, and I'm not intentionally turning mean.
> >
> > PD affects so so many things. I'm going to be a PD expert 
> > eventually! But if I don't write it down, I'll forget it all!
> >
> >
> > Monique
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
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