TheBanyanTree: Update

Wed Jul 17 12:15:34 PDT 2019

Yeah - I think you fall in the "chronic illness" category.  Mom was both.
*"If you're not barefoot, then you're overdressed."*

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 12:15 PM Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm pretty sure I'm not elderly, but with my mind going is hard to keep
> track.
>
> Monique
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jul 17, 2019, at 12:06 PM, Teague, Julie Anna <jateague at indiana.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TheBanyanTree <thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com> On Behalf
> Of auntiesash
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 2:56 PM
> > To: A comfortable place to meet other people and exchange your own
> *original* writings. <thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com>
> > Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Update
> >
> > 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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> >> Laura
> >> wolfljsh at gmail.com
> >>
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