
Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
I keep seeing the commercials for that documentary. I am not sure if I want to watch it. It looks very upsetting.
She is awfully young to be going through this situation.
I think it’s really sad that she’s going to be seen by millions of people on air in this light.
I wonder what her family thinks about this documentary being released. Do you know if they approve of it or if they are behind it?
I know that she is a celebrity but I not want my privacy exploited in this manner.
Thrilled for you!!!😁
Congrats!!
We are all proud.
It's fun to watch your success.
Thanks for sharing.
I hope your granddaughter has a very happy birthday!
I adored his comedy, especially on Curb Your Enthusiasm!
He had Parkinson’s disease. I watched my mom suffer with Parkinson’s disease. It breaks my heart to see others suffering with this horrible disease.
I just got my grade back on my toughest final project, in my toughest master's term to date, and my strictest professor gave me 100%.
She did not take a single point off for my final project in my Measurements class, which is statistical and graphing measurement strategies + field knowledge. Apparently, I've nailed it... at least at my current learning level.
That is so incredibly validating for me. I chose the most difficult topic (not purposefully), researched it, did all the analyses, wrote the paper, gave a video presentation, and got 100%.
I'm just so thrilled. It's so validating and makes me feel like I know what I'm doing... I have often felt like this academic journey is so unknown, and while I have a game plan, my stress levels sometimes make me doubt.
She wrote in all caps that it was EXCELLENT WORK. 😁
I am always sad to hear about dementia diagnosis. I am concerned for my younger brother who received a dementia diagnosis. Right now he is dealing with coping after his stroke.
I hope that one day researchers will understand these diseases better and find better ways to control and treat them. I wonder if there will ever be a way to prevent dementia from occurring in the first place.
Alva,
The discussion that I was watching was referring to how genetics can’t determine how dementia affects us. Even identical twins react differently.
Genetic studies are fascinating to me.
My husband was told that it’s helpful to do genetic testing after his cancer diagnosis. His oncologist’s nurse highly recommended it, so did the oncologist. My husband didn’t go forth with any genetic testing.
Need, Bruce Willis has very severe dementia.
And I would LOVE to know what identical twin studies show about dementias.
Tony Bennett had it for many years. An exceptionally devoted wife. Friends with Lady Gaga, Tony was. She also was devoted to him. You gotta love that!
Many more are going public, but we have a massive aging generation. That will make changes in approach over time, I think. When you look at the future job market all they can talk of is caregiving jobs.
There are lots of sports figures with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
A doctor was just on a morning news show talking about the dementia that Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with. I never watched her television show but I know who she is.
Anyway, the doctor on the show was asked about genetics and she said that even in a set of identical twins, one twin could have a diagnosis of dementia and the other twin may not receive a dementia diagnosis until 17 years later.
Just goes to show you how dementia affects everyone differently, even in identical twins.
Interesting 🤔.
I guess that my brother’s doctor is trying to find relief for him and is willing to give the neurological chiropractor a chance.
These particular chiropractors are supposed to have specialized training dealing with nerve damage.
My brother is still dropping things all the time. He’s having a lot of problems with his hands.
Okay, I didn’t remember if Robin Williams knew about his dementia earlier. I know that an autopsy confirmed it.
Some people keep their diagnosis private. Alan Alda kept his Parkinson’s diagnosis private for a while but felt like it would get leaked in the media and decided to go public with his diagnosis.
Doesn’t Bruce Willis have dementia now too? I think I heard that a while back.
Robin Williams knew he had dementia, an autopsy it only confirmed the diagnosis
Dementia is so confusing and difficult to understand. It’s so sad to see younger people struggling with this disease.
Look at how Robin Williams’ suicide shocked the world. He had Lewy Body Dementia. It was discovered after an autopsy had been done.
I remember the nuns placing televisions in our classrooms to watch the very first landing on the moon.
Gosh, I went through IVF 3 times trying to conceive a child. It wasn’t successful for me but it has been for many couples.
I would hate to see that IVF wasn’t an option for couples trying to conceive a child.
We have come so far in medicine and now we are going backwards with these restrictions. Grrrrrrrrr…
He says that his doctor is sending him to a neurological chiropractor. I am not familiar with this kind of treatment. My dad saw a chiropractor for his back.
I asked him why was he being sent to a neurological chiropractor. He said that his doctor thinks that it will help him with deal better with his nerve functioning.
He’s is still doing physical and occupational therapy since his stroke. He no longer needs to continue with his speech therapy. He’s also seeing a specialist for hand therapy.
I hope that he will find relief. He’s still having mobility issues since his stroke. It was a major stroke. He nearly died.
Strokes are very complex and affect people differently depending upon the severity of the stroke. My brother has dealt with high blood pressure for years. I know that is one cause of a stroke. He’s also had several heart surgeries.
My dad had high blood pressure for years as well. He was never the same man again after his stroke occurred. His stroke happened shortly after his open heart surgery while he was still in the hospital.
I wonder how often strokes occur after surgery.
I don’t know all of the things that cause a stroke. I guess smoking can cause strokes too.
In the past we usually found jokes about sagging parts , wrinkles , gray hair etc .
Well now most of the funny cards about the two of us getting older were not appropriate . What I saw today was alot of the jokes were about memory issues . There was even one that said on the front of the card “ I’ve been trying to text you using the garage door opener “. 😬😬. The inside read “ I hope you get this message” .
In general all the “ funny “ cards were awful . Not funny . I also needed to buy an anniversary card for my DH , terrible too . The greeting card companies need new ideas , or go back and recycle some old cards . I went to two different stores and settled on cards that were Ehh .
Maybe I should just buy blank cards and come up with something to write .
I was a nervous wreck just getting through a biopsy on a solid mass at age 40. I don’t think that I could handle it as well as Alva is.