10/14
October 14, 2009Haven’t posted anything in a while. Things have been pretty much stable. Today Dad seemed a little shaky physically. He didn’t do anything bad so I attributed his apparent weakness and/or shakiness to the fact that he IS 82 years old AND he has always been on the frail side.
I can’t complain about his condition. He made it to 82 and a few of his friends didn’t. The Alzheimer’s/dementia occasionally shows its head but at the same time what looks like Alzheimer’s could in fact just be old age and his own personality.
For example, I bought home a few knitted hats yesterday in a plastic bag. Dad took them from me while I went shopping. When I got back an hour later he was feeling the bag. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was trying to see what was in the bag.
That should set off warning signals, however, Dad has never really been an independent thinker. By this I mean that he was always told what to do. He would sooner wait for me to tell him something was in that bag. I told him to just look inside the bag and he would see what I bought.
What I am more concerned about is blood pressure. Recently, each morning before he goes to the senior center his pressure is somewhere around 180/93. it has been as high as 196/100 before eventually going back down around 140/80. He is taking medication. Because he is obsessed with getting to the center and getting a seat I think the problems are anxiety related. It does make you worry though.
I can’t complain about his condition. He made it to 82 and a few of his friends didn’t. The Alzheimer’s/dementia occasionally shows its head but at the same time what looks like Alzheimer’s could in fact just be old age and his own personality.
For example, I bought home a few knitted hats yesterday in a plastic bag. Dad took them from me while I went shopping. When I got back an hour later he was feeling the bag. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was trying to see what was in the bag.
That should set off warning signals, however, Dad has never really been an independent thinker. By this I mean that he was always told what to do. He would sooner wait for me to tell him something was in that bag. I told him to just look inside the bag and he would see what I bought.
What I am more concerned about is blood pressure. Recently, each morning before he goes to the senior center his pressure is somewhere around 180/93. it has been as high as 196/100 before eventually going back down around 140/80. He is taking medication. Because he is obsessed with getting to the center and getting a seat I think the problems are anxiety related. It does make you worry though.
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