week of 11/30/08

This has been a very good week! It is kool when you can't remember what has gone wrong. One thing that has not been right is the fact that I could not recall how to post until tonight. During the week I had attempted to post but couldn't, attempted to comment on Bills blog but had to post anonymously. Tonight I was finally able to wade thru the prompts to re-establish my login name and password.
We have 3 of our grand children here for this weekend and it is great. Grandma took them to an amusement arcade this evening and I passed. Been there a lot of times with all of these children. Grandma took the camera so I will get some of the joy later this evening. Grandpa needs so alone time! Seems like that issue has been becoming prominent in my life. Am I old, do I have the Alzheimer's or am I old and have Alzheimer's. By golly- I'm not old!

11/29- I'll just add some more info since the week is not complete as yet. Seems to me like I have lost interest in about everything that is important to me. My wife took the grand kids to Madagascar2 this and I stayed home. She took the kids to Hershey Park Candyland this afternoon and I stayed here. Some friends invited me to go to a hockey game tonight in Hershey. I accepted the offer last night but told my wife today that I don't think I'll go.

Week of 11/16/08

Good news... Since I've started coconut oil my leg cramps and night mares (Aricept side-effects) have eased off. I even had a good dream last night! So far my wife and I have gone through only one jar. I've been taking Aricept since late June of '08 and the cramps and night mares started within the first week. Not certain if the coconut oil can be given credit fro the improvement or if the side-effects have just been out grown. Any thoughts on that would be appreciated. I could always experiment byu stopping the c'nut oil to see if they return but I think not!

Week of 11/9/08

Was that an unusual week or was it the way life will be from now on for me? It started out by my wife (Gerry) noticing some unexplained changes in my demeanor. We made an appointment with my MD and got in that afternoon. After a short conversation he asked me if the current work, election or stock market conditions were bothering me. I said yes but told him that I do not dwell on what I have no control over. I didn't discuss it with him but I also feel secure that the Lord will take care of everything. The end of the visit had me billed for the copay and my anti-depressant was doubled.
We are losing money faster than it grew in the market an all this week I felt like my employer was trying to find a cost effective way to fire me. Even though we are retirement age the job situation is more of a concern to me. I hate to fail! We we loose our retirement funding and I need to work until I drop, that is not my fault and I can live with it.
Our son that lives 4 hours away was going to visit Saturday and I had seriously considered asking him not to came. I had an experience at work that I told a customer one thing and three people thought I had said another. I attempted to extend a compliment but these people all thaught I had insulted the customer. I immediately apologized! I never want to hurt the feelings of any of my family.
I told one of my fellow employees how I felt about the emplyor trying to fire me. Jeremiah looked at me a told me that I was reading more into some comments than I should. About 15 minutes later the son of the owner came down, shook his fist at me (jokingly) and told me "You know we value everything you do". I replied "I don't think so" and he was gone. Kind of a self ful fill profocy I'm thinking!

Who is on first?

Not me, I hit the ball and wondered off! Three doctors and 6 months or more of testing have given me the indication that I'm loosing my mind. I've been told that Alzheimer's has found its way into my cob webs.