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PamWh

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06/26/2008 9:24 PM
My mom is very hard of hearing and has been wearing hearing aids for a few years. Now she's developing a cataract on her left eye. She was griping today about going deaf and blind and I tried to reassure her by saying at least she had three senses left. Then we had trouble remember what all three senses were left. We remembered taste and touch, but couldn't remember what the last sense was. I guess my mom and I are also developing dementia.

PamWh aka Bob's Mom If your rattie ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!

tauney4

Pack Leader

06/26/2008 9:31 PM
taste touch hearing seeing smelling. they always say if one goes the otheres get sharper!!!!!!

Mooses'Mama

Obsessed

06/26/2008 9:31 PM
Or what I like to call sometimezer's! Oh and sadly...it took me awhile to figure out it was smell...

Mother to Moose Jefferson Green Esquire!

braeli_bryson

Ratastic

06/27/2008 7:34 AM
Posted By PamWh on 06/26/2008 9:24 PM My mom is very hard of hearing and has been wearing hearing aids for a few years. Now she's developing a cataract on her left eye. She was griping today about going deaf and blind and I tried to reassure her by saying at least she had three senses left. Then we had trouble remember what all three senses were left. We remembered taste and touch, but couldn't remember what the last sense was. I guess my mom and I are also developing dementia. sorry about your mama... but... you couldnt remember SMELL and you own a ratty?! i thought ALL ratties reminded us of our sense in SMELL every now and again!

"No one knows YOU better than YOU!" gianni_mahopac, ny bryson: pearl tri color \| braeli: chocolate tri color.

PamWh

Attention Starved

06/27/2008 10:24 AM
I had temporary dementia. You'll understand when you get older, you young whippersnapper!

PamWh aka Bob's Mom If your rattie ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!

buttonbutt

Firehouse Big Dog

06/27/2008 10:45 AM
Well, Pam, be glad she will at least WEAR the hearing aids! LOL My MIL has them but jerks them out of her ears as fast as you can put them in! (The nursing home rep told us many of the residents do that). So for the last 20 years we have had to get right up by my MIL and shout everything we want to say to her! God that gets old (no pun intended LOL). And about the cataracts, I used to work for a group of 5 ophthalmologists in Galveston many years ago and they did cataract removal on patients in their 90's! So don't rule out that option just because your Mom is old. If she's strong enough for surgery at all, those IOL (intraocular lens) placements after cataract removal are pretty easy/common surgery nowadays.

Peggy Mom to Button & Zipper My sweet RatTexans

swatson6

Attention Starved

06/27/2008 10:46 AM
Pam. Whippersnapper? Really? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaa...... sigh

Sarah

PamWh

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06/27/2008 10:52 AM
It took forever to convince my mom to get hearing aids! She wears them all the time, except when she's at home. You can hear her TV from the driveway! With her hearing aids not working correctly right now, you have to stand on her left side, facing her so she can read your lips, and shout at her. I had to tell all the doctors and nurses that yesterday. We recently finally convinced her to get a walker and use it. As far as the cataract surgery goes, she wants to get that done now, but Medicare makes you wait until it is a certain size or thickness before they will pay.

PamWh aka Bob's Mom If your rattie ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!

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