We had the Neuro consult today for the Cat scan taken last week, and it is virtually identical with the last once taken 1 1/2 years ago. He was very pleased and felt the Namenda (even a small dosage) was making a difference. He also decided not to prescribe the Razadyne as he felt it might work against the Namenda. So, I guess this is good!
Why ruin the Baileys with coke??? Have you found a way to open the bottle without slicing your fingers on the metal closure. I went to the liquor store to find out. They had a glib answer until I got a bottle from the shelf and asked for a demo. They decided the seal was a manufacturer error.
i forgot the mixtures recipe, bluedaze-just got some kalhua over ice and added choc milk..haha then some diet coke not bad! i gave DH a sip and he says ummmmm...i think itd give him a buzz.. i am off pain meds tonite.:)divvi
For an after dinner drink one night, they brought me an Ameretto, Baileys and Kalua (can't spell them) as a shot drink. It was good. I actually slept that night! <grin>
Has anyone ever tried prosecco? A light Italian champagne. Maybe not right for this time of year up north, but marvelous if you've gone climbing around Capri to Tiberius' villa and just happened on a little wine bistro looking over the bay...
I love regular kirs but the last time I tried to order one at a restaurant the waiter looked at me like I was an alien. Never heard of it and neither had the bartender. What??? I also like amaretto and baileys. Very relaxing:)
So funny..I didn't mean to set off a bar tender's list of yummies. Prosecco..that's a great memory of a huge piazza in Tarominia, Sicily..mandoline players, sunshine and glasses of Prosecco. Still have the CD of the music..albeit not the best recording, but!!
G didn't really react to the Doc's info until later in the day. He asked me twice how long it had been since the last scan..but I don't know that it meant that much to him. Who knows? I was very positive to him about the results, but not too sure it registered.
Kathi, I am just soooooooooooo happy for you! Wonderful news.
MarilyninMD, that is downright decadent. However, I believe I'll have a hot coffee drink of some sort (need to think about exactly which one) because the thermostat died last evening and we've been without heat all night. Brrrrr.
Jim's wife: There are two types of AD meds. Aricept, Exelon, and Razadyne are all cholinesterase inhibitors. Namenda is an NMDA receptor antagonist.
Now that you are thoroughly enlightened ... <grin> AD patients typically do better on a combination of a cholinesterase inhibitor plus namenda than they do on either one alone.
However, if I recall correctly, Kathi's husband has FTD. The pathology underlying FTD is quite different from that of AD. Cholinesterase inhibitors typically do not do any good for an FTD patient, and may cause their symptoms to worsen. Namenda is only now going through clinical trials for FTD, but there have been anecdotal reports that it can help some FTD patients.
<<the thermostat died last evening and we've been without heat all night. Brrrrr.>>
Sunshyne, wasn't that balky thermostat on the list of things that I was going to fix in return for a meal at your table? Sure wish I lived closer.... How about those other things like the hanging ceiling light fixture and clogged filters in the kitchen sink faucet and wash machine hoses -- did those get fixed yet?
To add to the good scan report..today is G's BD and his good friend is taking him out to lunch...pick up and delivery service included..and our son is taking him out for a BD lunch tomorrow..he has a 1 1/2 hour drive each way to do this..pretty nice, me thinks. AND a wee bit of private time for me :-). Our daughter and grand boys made him bags of Choc. chip cookies and chocolate cupcakes so he can pig out on sweets today. All in all a good couple of days.
One and the same thermostat, GC. The people who installed the furnace are due here sometime this afternoon. (I think they worked me into their full schedule because this is the third thermostat they installed that has gone belly up. Which I mentioned quite politely during our ever-so-pleasant conversation.) Clogged filters fixed, TV remote died. (And yes, I tried changing the batteries. No dice.)
Don't worry, I'm sure I'll still have a list by the time you get here. <grin>
Oh, believe you me, marsh, I had already thought about that! It was only down in the mid-40's here last night, and will be up in the low 60's by mid-afternoon.
But you have to remember, we're just not able to acclimatize to the cold any more after we've lived here a while. It's painful to travel to lands of snow and cold now, even though I grew up in Iowa and loved to play outside in the dead of winter when I was young (and didn't know any better!)
<<Don't worry, I'm sure I'll still have a list by the time you get here. <grin> >>
Right, Sunshyne -- I've definitely got you and your job list on my itinerary, just don't know when..... But I'll confess that I really HAVE been spending some time lately in referring to Rand McNally and noodling Western dream itineraries for "whenever", and also perusing the used RV want ads, because this down economy looks like it might be an ideal time to move up to something newer.
Well, thank you kindly, ma'am. I will certainly check into that! Husband was doing sort of OK with the remote, but has not got a clue with the simple buttons on the TV.
Mine can manage a simple remote to turn it off and on. But no longer to mute it, or change channels - he just presses buttons at random as far as I can tell.. but two Saturdays in a row he's managed to get it to PBS and watch Jane and the Dragon and then, happily, the Berenstain Bears. He likes them!!
Yesterday, DH was sitting on a bench in WallMart while I finished shopping. As we were leaving the store he told me "I can tell who all the whores are". He couldn't tell me his technique but it sounds like he still has sex on his mind somewhere.
While flipping through TV channels after dinner last evening, I ran across "Mr. Bean's Holiday". Frances never watches TV anymore, but thinking that she might enjoy his slapstick humor, I turned her recliner around to see if it might engage her. Well, did it ever! I know she wasn't following the story line, but she was laughing out loud at his body antics and facial expressions for the whole show, and still remembers it this morning. She said afterward that this was the first time she'd had any fun in a long time, and I believe her -- I hadn't seen her laugh like that and be as animated in years. It's going to be on again on Saturday, so son bill will tape it for her -- I hope she'll continue to enjoy watching it.
Oh, great, gchipper, Mr. Bean should be a good idea!! He enjoys seeing that kind of physical comedy as long as it's not to NOISY and doesn't have a lot of women's voices making squealy noises.
i like mr bean too:) my DH doesnt watch much TV except animal programs and lately the kids programs as well entertain him i guess with all the colors on the screen. but low and behold he laughs out loud at george carlin on late nite tv! maybe he just is entertained by all the cuss words! divvi
divvi, this probably belongs under the giggles thread, but your mention of cuss words reminds me of a story....
It seems that this preacher had announced to his country church congregation that he was retiring after thirty years of service and intended to take up farming in his retirement. At the conclusion of his final sermon, he lingered to receive the thanks of a grateful congregation, and each one had brought a gift to help him get started with his new farming career. One member had brought a bag of seed corn, another promised a load of fertilizer, another promised a plow, etc. -- with one wealthy member even promising to bring him an ox for plowing. After the crowd had left, one more shabbily-dressed member stepped out of the shadows and said that he'd also like to thank the preacher for his thirty years of faithful service, but, being very poor, was embarrassed that he'd had no gift to give him. But noting that the preacher had been given an ox, he said that maybe there was something he could give him too -- he'd be glad to teach the preacher to cuss, because he'd surely need it if he intended to try plowing with that ox. The preacher thanked him for the thought, but replied that he'd managed to live for sixty years so far without cussing, so he thought he'd be able to manage farming as well without cussing, but thanks anyhow.
Some year or so later, after he'd managed to get his fields plowed and a good stand of young corn started, he was out one day with his ox and plow, going between the rows and turning a layer of dirt over onto the weeds stealing nutrients from the corn. It was July, and a particularly hot and dusty day, near noon and they'd been plowing all morning, when the old ox got a scent of water and broke for the creek nearby, flinging the plow from side to side and leaving a wide path of destruction through the new corn. The preacher hung onto the plow lines, hollering WHOA and GEE and HAW, all to no avail, when he suddenly remembered what the poor farmer had mentioned about needing to cuss. So he lit into the old ox -- "YOU ARE THE BY-GODDEST OX I EVER DAMN SAW -- YOU AIN'T GOT NO MORE SENSE IN SPITE OF HELL!"
I found a BRAND NEW - NEVER BEEN USED - SHOWER CHAIR AND COMMODE - on Craig's list for a total of $30 !!!!!! I was stressing over the cost of these suddenly needed items and then there appeared an angel who wanted someone who needed them to get them without breaking the bank. God Bless Shelby! I'll be driving 3 hrs round trip to get them but hey, I'm ready for a ROADTRIP, anyone want to come :o)?????
Let me know what you need.....there are many places here that have an overabundance of used medical equip. Seems medicare buys them for all the retirees here, and they end up in rummage and garage sales pretty regularly. If you tell me what you want, I will keep a sharp eye out and let you know and I can ship them to ya.......hugs
Yes, and Susan, check with the local Shriners: in a lot of places they have warehouses of med. equipment people have donated; you just get it for free.