HeatherFeather
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Nov 30, 2014
- Messages
- 284
- Reason
- CALS
- Diagnosis
- 10/2014
- Country
- CA
- State
- Quebec
- City
- Tiny town w/no stoplight!
Good morning to all,
Just wanted to introduce myself as being new to this forum.
DH had a sore calf muscle on our cruise last April - he jokingly complained it was because I had him going up and down the stairs for exercise instead of taking the elevator.
Now he can barely walk in a walker. We are going to have him fitted for a wheelchair next Tuesday and will be putting in a stair climber for our 10 stairs from the first to second floor. That is until he cannot use it any longer, then we will transfer furniture from downstairs and upstairs.
So he has limb onset. but I noticed in the last week or two, he has trouble with stuffy nose and he's clearing his throat ALOT. He has trouble with certain smells, like my flavored coffee which I now have to drink in another part of the house. Certain smells choke him. He hyperventilates a lot with panic attacks and has to have a fan on all the time. He takes Ativan for his panic attacks - lately daily and sometimes twice a day.
His next visit to the Neurological center is January 5th.
He is going downhill SO VERY FAST since his little limp in the early summer - I keep feeling like we are in a nightmare and we'll wake up soon.
I just finished watching the movie, "Tuesdays with Morrie" and this touched me so much - I watched the whole thing through my tears. Ron and I LOVED to do ballroom dancing - Morrie loved tango. The way Morrie's symptoms started (car - foot etc) looked so much like what happened to Ron with his left foot.
He has no appetite, it's a constant struggle even tho I mentioned he has to keep his weight up... at least Ensure Plus helps a lot.
OK, enough of this pity party - thanks so much, everyone, for 'lending me your ear'.
Have a happy Sunday xoxoxo
~ Heather ~
Just wanted to introduce myself as being new to this forum.
DH had a sore calf muscle on our cruise last April - he jokingly complained it was because I had him going up and down the stairs for exercise instead of taking the elevator.
Now he can barely walk in a walker. We are going to have him fitted for a wheelchair next Tuesday and will be putting in a stair climber for our 10 stairs from the first to second floor. That is until he cannot use it any longer, then we will transfer furniture from downstairs and upstairs.
So he has limb onset. but I noticed in the last week or two, he has trouble with stuffy nose and he's clearing his throat ALOT. He has trouble with certain smells, like my flavored coffee which I now have to drink in another part of the house. Certain smells choke him. He hyperventilates a lot with panic attacks and has to have a fan on all the time. He takes Ativan for his panic attacks - lately daily and sometimes twice a day.
His next visit to the Neurological center is January 5th.
He is going downhill SO VERY FAST since his little limp in the early summer - I keep feeling like we are in a nightmare and we'll wake up soon.
I just finished watching the movie, "Tuesdays with Morrie" and this touched me so much - I watched the whole thing through my tears. Ron and I LOVED to do ballroom dancing - Morrie loved tango. The way Morrie's symptoms started (car - foot etc) looked so much like what happened to Ron with his left foot.
He has no appetite, it's a constant struggle even tho I mentioned he has to keep his weight up... at least Ensure Plus helps a lot.
OK, enough of this pity party - thanks so much, everyone, for 'lending me your ear'.
Have a happy Sunday xoxoxo
~ Heather ~