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Male, member since Jun 2006
I've walked a hundred highways, looked to see the things men do, if you wonder who I am just a loner passing through.... [More]
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A Laying on of Hands
Mar 17, 2008 08:14PM in the Caregivers Community
Another day passes while my little one lies alone in her hospital bed, frightened out of her mind. They don't know how to feed her, which compounds her swallowing difficulties. I have been with her for three years seven days a week, four weeks a month, twelve months a year with ten days off in three years. Feeding her over hours some daya, but they don't want...
A Laying on of Hands
Mar 17, 2008 11:38AM in the Caregivers Community
My little 103 year old sweetheart became dehydrated. I took her to a hospital and she said: "I'm so scared. Please hold me and kiss me." I did so from her bedside, kissing her onloy on the cheek, the nurse walked in, and informed me "that is inappropriate behavior". I was banned from visiting her, escorted out by security, and she is close to death, and may s...
blue around mouth and palms of hands
Mar 07, 2008 11:02PM in the Family Medicine Community
Blue color in the skin is fairly definitive for a lack of oxygen in the tissues. The million dollar question is why? You might try something simple. Give a niacin vitamin pill to take the next time the blue color wppears and see if it disappears. Niacin dilates the blood vessels. That would suggest he has a condition that is causing constriction of blood vess...
Choking sensation, throat tightness, please any advice
Mar 07, 2008 10:56PM in the Undiagnosed Symptoms Community
One possibility is hypothyroidism. You need to have your TSH checked.
Bells Palsy and Tardive Dyskinesia
Mar 07, 2008 07:35PM in the Neurology Community
I can think of no legitimate or appropriate reason for a 73 year old to be on risperdal. Risperdal is a "blacklisted drug" associated with many deaths. The geriatrics department at Johns Hopkins sponsored a seminar at Mount Sinai last year specifically dedicated to the inappropriateness of risperdal for the elderly patient. Long term use of risperdal will res...
A Chair for Caregivers
Mar 07, 2008 07:21PM in the Caregivers Community
My little 103 year old sweety-pie has a hospital bed, but she doesn't spend all her time in it. When she is in bed she loves to have her hand held. One of the things I did was to get a brand new superstuffed chair that is beside the front of her bed. It is far foward enough that she can get into bed easily without moving the chair. When she is in bed, the aid...