Hi all,
Anyone feeling any different, now that it's springtime? Remember how in the past, several folks have mentioned not feeling as well as other times of the year?
I notice a certain achiness, but some of that could be related to what's happening with Mom. By the way, we take her to the Movement Disorders clinic pretty soon.
She has multiple systems atrophy with some other features that resemble other movement disorders. MSA's course is rather fast on average, so it's quite sad, but sometimes Mom just bounced back, so we'll see. She's had several falls of late, and her legs just basically don't work anymore, but I'm still managing to stand her on them long enough to transfer her from place to place if, say, a chair is right up next to the bed or wheelchair, for instance. I'm wondering how long it will be before I'll not be able to do this without outside help. Hmm?
Anyway, I still think that the environmental allergies from the outdoors this time of year change the way I feel.
Thanks.
Yours, Luce
Springtime "symptoms"
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Your mood changes are probably due to the histamines released by your immune system, in response to the pollen in the air.
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Well, I feel achy and icky, but I am having a gluten reaction, reinjured (presumably due to stiffness from gluten nad moving a solid oak desk!) an upper back/nerve injury I got last summer carrying luggage across town from the airport to the bus station on my way home from Hawaii, which is causing shoulder and neck pain, and I have a spring cold!
But then again, I'm just seeing crocuses, the trees are budding but we really haven't gotten to a free pollen state of life yet either.
Sorry to hear about your Mom. It is tough. We just found out (actually had confirmed) that Geoff's mom has the early stages of severe kidney disease, which could lead to dialysis in the future (1 to 10 years). I just hope both his parents hold on reasonably healthfully until our wedding next summer. Neither of them is in good health. But like Geoff says, it (along with the grandkids) is a reason for them to live and that is a powerful thing.
Katy
But then again, I'm just seeing crocuses, the trees are budding but we really haven't gotten to a free pollen state of life yet either.
Sorry to hear about your Mom. It is tough. We just found out (actually had confirmed) that Geoff's mom has the early stages of severe kidney disease, which could lead to dialysis in the future (1 to 10 years). I just hope both his parents hold on reasonably healthfully until our wedding next summer. Neither of them is in good health. But like Geoff says, it (along with the grandkids) is a reason for them to live and that is a powerful thing.
Katy
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I always feel icky and achey the first bit of spring. I can't use histimines. They make me jumpy and keep me awake...or is it anti-histimines. Tex you remember? I can't take what ever is in the sleep meds otc. Love Oma
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Hi Oma,
Our immune systems release histamines in response to allergens. The histamines cause our eyes to water and itch, and our noses to run. The pills we take to reduce the runny noses, watery eyes, etc., contain anti-histamines.
Love,
Wayne
Our immune systems release histamines in response to allergens. The histamines cause our eyes to water and itch, and our noses to run. The pills we take to reduce the runny noses, watery eyes, etc., contain anti-histamines.
Love,
Wayne
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Hi all,
That's a greatt website, Wayne. I had heard that bioflavonoids were natural antihistimines AFTER I'd discovered on my own that if I took even half on the Country Life bioflavonoids with 1000 of Vit C, that my sniffles would go away. I used to take antihistimines during the heavy spring season, but haven't had to do that since getting off of gluten. When I was running a heavy schedule during my "normal life" with that kind of stress, the good kind included, if I didn't take the antihistimines regularly, I'd end up getting a sinus infection without much warning, and if I didn't go on an antibiotic, I'd get terribly sick, so rather than wait so late, I'd just watch the weather reports for pollen counts, and take the antihistimine accordingly.
I shouldn't brag too early, but I can get by without antihistimines now for some strange reason. What I have noticed with the bioflavonoid tab with C is that the post nasal drippiness goes away. I don't seem to have all that many multiple morning sneezes anymore, which is the classic allergy sneeze, so something sure has gotten better on that score.
Anyway, now, after reading that article, I know which of the bioflavonoids, specifically, along with the Vit C, is the main one that acts as antihistimine.
I used to really ache badly when I'd get the worst allergy symptoms, so guess it's sort of surprizing to me that, now that I don't sneeze, etc., and still have a little of the aching. Seems like that goes with whichever type of allergy we have -- food OR environmental. Think it's the total immune load, don't you?
The part about the depression was interestig as well. I did know that depressed people tended to get more physical illnesses of all kinds, so perhaps they all have an immune component to them. Stress just doesn't seem to be good for the immune system at all. I suppose that the raised cortisol levels gives us a good clue, doesn't it? I worry about my adrenals sometimes, to be perfectly honest with you. Hope I don't end up wearing them out!
I need to post something that I heard out of M.D.Anderson Hospital here in Houston that had to do with allergies and antihistimines as well as brain tumors. Hope I can remember it accurately. Perhaps I need to search the newspaper online about it first.
Did anyone else hear about it? If so, if you can remember please feel free to make a separate post before I get around to it, ok.
I was wondering anyhow, how widespread that report would be.
Take care.
Yours, Luce
That's a greatt website, Wayne. I had heard that bioflavonoids were natural antihistimines AFTER I'd discovered on my own that if I took even half on the Country Life bioflavonoids with 1000 of Vit C, that my sniffles would go away. I used to take antihistimines during the heavy spring season, but haven't had to do that since getting off of gluten. When I was running a heavy schedule during my "normal life" with that kind of stress, the good kind included, if I didn't take the antihistimines regularly, I'd end up getting a sinus infection without much warning, and if I didn't go on an antibiotic, I'd get terribly sick, so rather than wait so late, I'd just watch the weather reports for pollen counts, and take the antihistimine accordingly.
I shouldn't brag too early, but I can get by without antihistimines now for some strange reason. What I have noticed with the bioflavonoid tab with C is that the post nasal drippiness goes away. I don't seem to have all that many multiple morning sneezes anymore, which is the classic allergy sneeze, so something sure has gotten better on that score.
Anyway, now, after reading that article, I know which of the bioflavonoids, specifically, along with the Vit C, is the main one that acts as antihistimine.
I used to really ache badly when I'd get the worst allergy symptoms, so guess it's sort of surprizing to me that, now that I don't sneeze, etc., and still have a little of the aching. Seems like that goes with whichever type of allergy we have -- food OR environmental. Think it's the total immune load, don't you?
The part about the depression was interestig as well. I did know that depressed people tended to get more physical illnesses of all kinds, so perhaps they all have an immune component to them. Stress just doesn't seem to be good for the immune system at all. I suppose that the raised cortisol levels gives us a good clue, doesn't it? I worry about my adrenals sometimes, to be perfectly honest with you. Hope I don't end up wearing them out!
I need to post something that I heard out of M.D.Anderson Hospital here in Houston that had to do with allergies and antihistimines as well as brain tumors. Hope I can remember it accurately. Perhaps I need to search the newspaper online about it first.
Did anyone else hear about it? If so, if you can remember please feel free to make a separate post before I get around to it, ok.
I was wondering anyhow, how widespread that report would be.
Take care.
Yours, Luce
Luce,
I'm guessing that this is the report that you're referring to, since it was released on Monday:
http://www.rxpgnews.com/cancer/brain/article_3875.shtml
The article leaves the impression that we are lucky to have allergies, since they help to protect us from brain tumors.
Tex
I'm guessing that this is the report that you're referring to, since it was released on Monday:
http://www.rxpgnews.com/cancer/brain/article_3875.shtml
The article leaves the impression that we are lucky to have allergies, since they help to protect us from brain tumors.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Wayne,
It's sort of ironic that I had started this post without realizing that I had connected the part about Mom with the seasonal environmental allergies. This must have been sort of subconscious because when I first read your response last night, I went back and reread my original post, and sure enough, there it was.
I say it's ironic because I've been getting more and more hyper lately as some changes in Mom's care are going to need to happen soon, so I'm having to think about what type of bed to get her, etc., to make it a little easier to care for her. Also, we need a new A/C badly andright away, and many other things that are sometimes hard for me to take care of. This is especially anxiety producing because the last one put in incorrectly nearly burned the house down with both my parents inside, back in 1990.
It's the people as much as the brand that I have to be so careful about. I'm even planning on hiring a separate electrician to come observe their work if I can figure out how to get one -- perhaps some kind of inspector could be hired who does electrical stuff??
Anyway, I could tell I was getting really anxious because I was talking so fast today, so sure enough, soon as lights were out after Mom's nightly routine, a few tears came along with feeling the sadness.
Sometimes I really think it's much better to be able to feel what's really going on inside than to just keep blocking the emotions, but I think at times I even know the dynamics when I'm like that, but it takes something to short of put me in touch with the real underlying feeling of sadness.
Tonight, I just think it was the feeling of being so helpless in this situation, and some little something that Mom said that made me sad was probably all it took to start that part of tonight's portion of grief.
Not sure if this makes any sense or not, but anyway...
Thanks for listening. Wish I was able to read and respond to more posts than I've been able to lately, but I do think of EVERYONE often! Please let them know that I'm sorry if I somehow miss something that is important to them. Sometimes I do at least see those posts, but I can't always respond right then.
Today, we had another doc visit with Mom, and we do have some things we can do that I think will make her feel a little better soon with a temporary problem that's making her even more tired than usual lately. When she's like this, it's more like she's ready to give up, but then, often, she perks back up with a little extra rest, and then, her will to live kicks back in. Think the folks with Multiple Systems Atrophy tend to have their ups and downs, but the general trend is down. Hard thing to watch, but this is reality. Just hope I'm up for the job. Wouldn't be able to do it if it weren't for this group, so thanks!
Yours, Luce.
It's sort of ironic that I had started this post without realizing that I had connected the part about Mom with the seasonal environmental allergies. This must have been sort of subconscious because when I first read your response last night, I went back and reread my original post, and sure enough, there it was.
I say it's ironic because I've been getting more and more hyper lately as some changes in Mom's care are going to need to happen soon, so I'm having to think about what type of bed to get her, etc., to make it a little easier to care for her. Also, we need a new A/C badly andright away, and many other things that are sometimes hard for me to take care of. This is especially anxiety producing because the last one put in incorrectly nearly burned the house down with both my parents inside, back in 1990.
It's the people as much as the brand that I have to be so careful about. I'm even planning on hiring a separate electrician to come observe their work if I can figure out how to get one -- perhaps some kind of inspector could be hired who does electrical stuff??
Anyway, I could tell I was getting really anxious because I was talking so fast today, so sure enough, soon as lights were out after Mom's nightly routine, a few tears came along with feeling the sadness.
Sometimes I really think it's much better to be able to feel what's really going on inside than to just keep blocking the emotions, but I think at times I even know the dynamics when I'm like that, but it takes something to short of put me in touch with the real underlying feeling of sadness.
Tonight, I just think it was the feeling of being so helpless in this situation, and some little something that Mom said that made me sad was probably all it took to start that part of tonight's portion of grief.
Not sure if this makes any sense or not, but anyway...
Thanks for listening. Wish I was able to read and respond to more posts than I've been able to lately, but I do think of EVERYONE often! Please let them know that I'm sorry if I somehow miss something that is important to them. Sometimes I do at least see those posts, but I can't always respond right then.
Today, we had another doc visit with Mom, and we do have some things we can do that I think will make her feel a little better soon with a temporary problem that's making her even more tired than usual lately. When she's like this, it's more like she's ready to give up, but then, often, she perks back up with a little extra rest, and then, her will to live kicks back in. Think the folks with Multiple Systems Atrophy tend to have their ups and downs, but the general trend is down. Hard thing to watch, but this is reality. Just hope I'm up for the job. Wouldn't be able to do it if it weren't for this group, so thanks!
Yours, Luce.
I know you are going through a terribly rough and emotional time right now and it's wonderful that you can analyze it so well, but it's still very hard to get through. You are a very strong and admirable person.
I lost my Dad over 2 years ago but sometimes someone will ask me a question about him and here come the tears. I just never know when it will happen. I don't think I'm a weak person but I don't know why that keeps on happening. Sometimes I think maybe I didn't allow myself to grieve as I needed to because I thought I had to be strong for my Mom.
Also, there had been & were other things going on that had sapped my emotional strength and were very stressful. I think I was just so worn out I didn't have the strength to grieve.
Don't let that happen to you if you can help it. It was only about 4 months later that MC hit me.
I know you have to take care of your Mom and I know you wouldn't have it any other way, but please try to do whatever you can to ease the load on yourself.
Love, Shirley
I lost my Dad over 2 years ago but sometimes someone will ask me a question about him and here come the tears. I just never know when it will happen. I don't think I'm a weak person but I don't know why that keeps on happening. Sometimes I think maybe I didn't allow myself to grieve as I needed to because I thought I had to be strong for my Mom.
Also, there had been & were other things going on that had sapped my emotional strength and were very stressful. I think I was just so worn out I didn't have the strength to grieve.
Don't let that happen to you if you can help it. It was only about 4 months later that MC hit me.
I know you have to take care of your Mom and I know you wouldn't have it any other way, but please try to do whatever you can to ease the load on yourself.
Love, Shirley
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Luce, You are right! It's better to express your emotions than bottle them up without over indulging in them. The middle way!
I am so moved that you are sharing so deeply with us. You are "holding" a lot with your mother's illness. Please take care of yourself too. I don't know what your personal situation is, but I would hope that there are some friends or family that can take the load off of your from time to time to give you some well deserved and needed personal space. If not, sometimes help can be got from a local seniors agency.
It is very painful to continually watch someone else's suffering. You are right again, suffering is a fundamental part of reality. It can help us become more vulnerable, honest, and compassionate. At the same time, it hurts! So please do give yourself the care that you need too. You are an amazing woman.
Warmly, Celia
I am so moved that you are sharing so deeply with us. You are "holding" a lot with your mother's illness. Please take care of yourself too. I don't know what your personal situation is, but I would hope that there are some friends or family that can take the load off of your from time to time to give you some well deserved and needed personal space. If not, sometimes help can be got from a local seniors agency.
It is very painful to continually watch someone else's suffering. You are right again, suffering is a fundamental part of reality. It can help us become more vulnerable, honest, and compassionate. At the same time, it hurts! So please do give yourself the care that you need too. You are an amazing woman.
Warmly, Celia
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Luce, You are right! It's better to express your emotions than bottle them up without over indulging in them. The middle way!
I am so moved that you are sharing so deeply with us. You are "holding" a lot with your mother's illness. Please take care of yourself too. I don't know what your personal situation is, but I would hope that there are some friends or family that can take the load off of your from time to time to give you some well deserved and needed personal space. If not, sometimes help can be got from a local seniors agency.
It is very painful to continually watch someone else's suffering. You are right again, suffering is a fundamental part of reality. It can help us become more vulnerable, honest, and compassionate. At the same time, it hurts! So please do give yourself the care that you need too. You are an amazing woman.
Warmly, Celia
I am so moved that you are sharing so deeply with us. You are "holding" a lot with your mother's illness. Please take care of yourself too. I don't know what your personal situation is, but I would hope that there are some friends or family that can take the load off of your from time to time to give you some well deserved and needed personal space. If not, sometimes help can be got from a local seniors agency.
It is very painful to continually watch someone else's suffering. You are right again, suffering is a fundamental part of reality. It can help us become more vulnerable, honest, and compassionate. At the same time, it hurts! So please do give yourself the care that you need too. You are an amazing woman.
Warmly, Celia
I beleive in magic!