thanksgiving proved to be a beautiful day here in Ohio. husband ran a 10 kl race (says he used to walk faster than his present time) in the early AM, played 5 holes of golf (badly, he says--his goal now is to shoot his weight) and then fried 2 turkeys! Our family was introduced to fried turkeys by my brother-in-law in lake charles, La. 10 yrs ago and we have prepared our T'giving turkeys by frying them since. this year we had just enough food for everyone--only left overs were the desserts (which we do not need in our house). our 3 adult children were here, and daughter's present boyfriend. boys' girlfriends were at their parents. we also had numerous friends who were without family plans/obligations.
my niece's husband, who was diagnosed initially with Parkinson's 2 days prior to my husband's diagnosis in Aug, 2002, has been re-diagnosed with Lewy bodies with dementia. He is but 58 yrs of age, and was formerly a practicing gastroenterologist. The Sinemet, Mirapex, Ritulex, etc. results in such erratic responses--sometimes he is somewhat lucid and mobile, other times he is crawling on the floor, or lying in a frozen position. He was admitted to the hospital recently and they experienced the horrors of inadequate medicating/inability to adapt any schedule rules, etc. that others on this site have shared. Unfortunately, lewy bodies with dementia does not respond well to medication, or anything else it seems.
I began this post as a thanksgiving one--and I am thankful. My husband is functioning well after 2 yrs of diagnosis, and all the children are well and so am I. and the thanksgiving day dinner dishes have been cleaned and put away. madelyn