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Update on MIL
Posted: Jan 13, 2013
As you know, she has a new diagnosis with Alzheimer's and am getting her started on coconut oil, well coconut oil gelcaps, as that was what was available at the store at the time. Anyway, not a moment too soon. Just needed to vent a little. Where to start! SHE GAVE ALL HER CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FROM ME AWAY!!!! Her greatest need at this time was warm winter sweaters, sweatshirts, layering pieces like turtlenecks and long-sleeved Tees to wear underneath, as her stay-at-home things were getting pretty ratty. Hubby and I went to the mall on black Friday and I spent a good amount of time picking out about a dozen nice things for her, taking advantage of the sales and using a credit card. Nice expensive stores, too. We had also gone to Walmart late on Thanksgiving Day and I had found her a special deal on a track suit for 6 bucks and some warm, fuzzy socks too, everything to keep her comfortable all winter. She really seemed to love unwrapping all the presents too, but just left them sitting in a chair in the living room for days. Finally, she said to hubby, "Isn't Donna going to put her Christmas presents away?" He reminded her that they were for her, not Donna. She then proceeded to go upstairs and "clean out her closet to make room for all the new clothes," coming downstairs with a huge bagful of things. We thought nothing of it, because she said she had old clothes from a long time ago when she had weighed a lot more and also that she had some things given to her that she had never worn. Instead of taking them to the thrift shop, she gave them to her sister to pick through, as her sister wears a size medium too. Now every time I see her sister, the sister is wearing one of the new sweaters that I had custom-picked out for MIL. She looks very nice in them, but @#$%^!!! I just was not sharp enough to keep ahead of the dementia to avoid this! The only solution is to say nothing to anyone around her that would get back to either one of them because it is not their fault. Oy. I have gone upstairs and snuck in her closet, and all the gifts are gone. I really hope the coconut is going to help her make some new memories soon. Thank you for listening.
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Please do NOT expect improvement from coconut oil, you might - as well call it snake oil. sm
[ In Reply To ..]It already sounds as though she is pretty advanced. You can never expect AD patients to improve. There are drugs that slow the progress, especially in early AD, but so far there is nothing that will bring back the brain cells that AD distroys. The is hope for the future, however. Research is really showing promise.
I beg to differ - GrateMT
[ In Reply To ..]I am reading a book called Stop Alzheimer's Now, which gives many case histories of people's quality of life improving on a program of using coconut oil plus quite a few other lifestyle modifications, including diet, etc. There are many substances we take into our bodies that may cause neurodegenetive diseases, including Parkinson's, ALS, Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and more. To make a long story short, the brain becomes insulin resistant and people with these diseases have "diabetes of the brain" and are unable to use glucose. The coconut oil is an answer for this. Something to do with ketones, enabling the brain to function as it should. True, maybe the damage already done cannot be repaired, but the brain should be able to start working in making new short-term memories again. I am no chemist and do not understand this very well, but I feel my family has to try this. In one case history, an elderly lady had had very little interaction with her her caregiver daughter for quite a while, and then one day after being started on this regimen she got up and opened the refrigerator door. The daughter, shocked, asked what she was doing. The lady answered back, "Getting myself a piece of cake; do you mind!"
don't pay attention - to the naysayers....
[ In Reply To ..]since you have researched this and feel it is worth a shot, I say go for it!! Is surely cannot do her any harm and hopefully it will do some good. some people just have to be negative to ANYTHING positive put on these boards. I wish you and your mom all the best!! :-)
wonderful book about the many benefits of coconut oil - sm
[ In Reply To ..]The Coconut Oil Miracle (Previously published as The Healing Miracle of Coconut Oil)
One thing you have to understand is - P
[ In Reply To ..]no matter how she might upset you, once a gift is given, the receipient can give it away if they like and whether she has dementia or not, she gave "her" gifts away.
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