We all have had friends are relatives that have suffered memory loss. How should we react around them? I think the following article is right on:
http://marlothomas.aol.com/2011/02/14/when-a-friend-has-memory-loss/?icid=main%7Chp-laptop%7Cdl12%7Csec3_lnk1%7C201963
How much fiber do you eat?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110215/ap_on_he_me/us_med_high_fiber_longer_life
I do think that a person can eat to much fiber. At the end of today's post is a picture from my last doctor's appointment. (The devil made me do it.)
Would you like your doctor to be thorough? Would you like him to have tests take on you of for you that wasn't really necessary?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110216/ap_on_he_me/us_med_medical_tests_malpractice
I would hope the doctor was having tests ordered for me for my health not to because he was trying to avoid being sued for malpractice.
Hope this is a great Saturday for you. Taking Mom to lunch today is on the agenda and then maybe later this afternoon take in a movie. Looking forward to your comments.
4 comments:
Funny cartoon! Somehow I'd never considered that kind of result of too much fiber.
Probably good advice about memory loss in a friend. And probably true about docs ordering too many test, esp. for those of us who are well-insured. I haven't personally run into that, but I'm sure it happens a lot.
Hi Pat
The cartoon kind of worried me because I eat a lot of fiber.
My doctor is pretty hesitant to order any tests. So I think I am safe there.
At the memory loss advise gives us a place to start, I'm not so sure it will work for everyone.
Bill
Some good advice in the memory loss article altho, as you said, not necessarily applicable in all situations. I think the best underlying thread was "patience." I know Mom often repeats things to me, but I also know she talks with all of us kids each weekend and I'm sure she's not sure who's been told what. I also think stress or overload or doing too many things at once can lead to repetition. I'll tell Himself something, then get caught up in stuff for a couple days and then tell him again. I also think overload can make us forget names and the like. We are constantly bombarded with information and we seem to have more and more "stuff" to keep track of and I figure the brain computer just crashes on occasion.
I've not tracked the fiber I eat, although I do try for green veggies, grains, rice, the like. The example they gave shows how you can get your daily requirement in a fairly simple meal plan. Now that I'm back to making homemade bread, I can up the fibers there. I shall try to be careful to avoid the problem of the man in the cartoon (G).
As to tests... I dunno. My internist does mostly the standard preventative stuff. When the issue of my shoulder and hip were so bad, she did order a full body bone scan, but I think that was based on my small bones, small size and family history of cancer. The orthos both ordered MRIs, but that was because x-rays showed no problems and it was obvious I was in pain. The first set showed the bone spurs and frozen shoulder muscles, which wouldn't show up in other tests. The second set may have been a combination of diagnostic and defensive, as they couldn't see any cause and the symptoms were such that they didn't seem to be hip related, even tho that's where the pain was, so they needed to eliminate the possibility of spinal involvement. I think, for the most part, my doctors have ordered tests when regular checking and examination of symptoms haven't led to definitive explanations of the symptoms/problems. The only time I refused an MRI was when I was convinced the docs were on the wrong track and demanded to see a neurologist and, if he ordered an MRI, I'd go with it. He immediately diagnosed the panic disorder and there were no further tests needed.
Sounds like you had a nice day planned. I opted to wrok, just because I want to get back on track with my editorial schedule, but I plan on taking tomorrow off and play, after domestics are taken care of.
Hi DR
Patience is definitely the key and important. My dad never really knew what time frame he lived in. Mom and I tried really hard to be patient and go with it but it was very difficult. I'm defintely with you on overload and tress causing forgetfulness.
I imagine you eat a lot of fiber even without know it. Homemade bread sounds so delicious! If I keep eating as much fiber as I am know I am thinking about cutting the trees down in my backyard.
I actually think a full body scan was good medical practice in your case. I've never been forceful enough to refuse a test.
I changed horses in the middle of the stream and decided to work today. The movie will wait. So it looks like three thousand miles apart we game to the same conclusion.
Bill
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