[Magdalen] Mom update (Elicits "Whew!").

[Lynn Ronkainen]

my mother's incessant falling was *finally* after 18 months and 3 
neurologists and being put on meds, taken off other meds, diagnosed as 
extreme peripheral neuropathy (possibly from years of statin use... more 
coming out on this since 2007 when she was diagnosed).  She tended to fall 
backwards and that led to so many 'false' leads. It took a young Vietnamese 
neurologist to give her a thorough exam by 'pricking her legs' while she was 
hooked up to a machine, to diagnose.  Her legs/feet were amazingly numb. 
Even in recent years, her 'regular' neurologist  would 'test' her while she 
is looking at the pin... (he never seemed to remember her health status or 
that probably *anyone* should be looking away during these kind of tests to 
prevent visual assent to the prick, rather than true feeling, or not of the 
prick... my opinion).

Lynn

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single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

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ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is 
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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 9:56 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Mom update (Elicits "Whew!").

> Good thinking, Sally! Mike, can such be accomplished, or will you have to
> light a fire under your brother in order to get anything of the sort done?
>
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Sal <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Been meaning to say...thinking of you Mike and praying for a smooth
>> transition.
>>
>> Apparently, it's Occupational Therapy month! I now work in an
>> interdisciplinary team with OTs and really appreciate their amazing 
>> skills
>> especially with kids and frail elders.
>>
>> To add my cents worth from this experience, an OT assessment is 
>> invaluable
>> especially wrt falling. The patients do fall in frail care/assisted 
>> living
>> and if someone has a history of falls, it's useful to know why they lose
>> balance. It could be due to one or more of several possibilities.
>>
>> Sally D
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 11 Oct 2014, at 4:12, "M J [Mike] Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>> >>>> It should be good from the point that she will see more people, too.
>> That's
>> > always a plus.<<<
>> >
>> > With the proviso that what I'm about to relate was last month, before
>> the current news, I will say that exec dir told me that last month during
>> the September Birthdays special party/meal (she's 86 now) she was
>> especially chatty and engaging, much more than he'd ever seen her be (and
>> he's had meals with her every now and then over time to keep at least a
>> little tabs on such things).
>> >
>> > Indeed, more people will be good.  And if anything, I'm seeing the need
>> for a quick visit finally one of these days.  Hey, Christmas is right
>> around the corner, and the County shuts down between Xmas and New Year's
>> ("Eco Recess"; what I call "Carbon Holiday"), so that would be perfect.
>> > _________________________________________
>> > "O perplexed discomposition, O riddling
>> > distemper, O miserable condition of man!"
>> > - The Rev Mr John Donne
>> > (in a not-so-chipper moment)
>>