12/18/18
I am a brain nerd. I have always been a brain nerd. I love to think about the irony of using my brain to study it. Two of my favorite books in my readings in 2018 were https://smile.amazon.com/When-Air-Hits-Your-Br…/…/0393330494 and https://smile.amazon.com/Power-Habit-What-Lif…/…/ref=sr_1_2… . (Smile.amazon.com lets you donate a small part of your purchase on Amazon to a charity of your choice)
My first
problem is that I am not a particularly brainy
brain nerd. Mental illness and Alzheimer’s have so woven their syrupy and
vexing tentacles around and through loved ones in my world, that the study of
the brain for me is as natural as the study of Scooby Snacks is for Shaggy or
the study of Amazon’s Lightning Deals is for half of the male population in
America as the shopping deadline nears.
My second problem is I am a fixer. I fix computers,
I fix plans, and if budgets require like they usually do I fix my car. That is
who I am. I am the guy from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EDhdAHrOg
The problem is the nail isn’t as obvious. It is a nail in a haystack and I am as skilled and unequipped as a blind cave salamander hunting for it.
Conclusion 1: As much as I want to fix mom, I can’t.
Conclusion 2: Studying Cliff’s Notes of mom’s diagnosis below, I have finally decided that the primary thing I want for Christmas is the autocorrect on the sweet little singer’s Christmas video…but for mom. I want some hippocampus for Christmas. 🙁
Stinking disease…
“Diffuse
volume loss that includes the hippocampal formations that appear to be
relatively symmetric.
Confluent white matter changes predominantly in periventricular regions
suggestive of moderate small vessel ischemic disease.
Given the patient’s diffuse volume loss, the overall hippocampal volume loss
appears to be relatively symmetric but is advanced.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11383980
https://www.neurologyadvisor.com/…/perivent…/article/465545/
I will go see mom tomorrow, Lord Willing, but my sis will catch her today as will my stepdad. Report tonight. 🙂
12/18/19 late
Mom had some brief
moments of clarity last night, but also had some glaring anxiety challenges.
Changing meds takes time in both directions. I am sure hoping mom gets out by
Christmas.
🙁
#EndALZ