SWEET MEMORIES ...

As I drove to Heyfield today (dental appointment - why do I travel to Heyfield because I've had a lifelong 'fear' of dentists, stems back to the old school dentist days, Mihar is not only good looking with beautiful eyes - well you can't help notice when you're lying back in the chair and is so kind considerate and gentle - makes the drive so worthwhile) I remembered back to the last time Bill and I went to Heyfield to have morning tea with Julie and our great-grandbabies Mac and Mia .. brought a smile to my face remembering how much Bill enjoyed that morning. 

Homeward bound I noticed an old derelict abandoned house which Bill always told me was IVP (immediate vacant possession) was now just a pile of old boards, more smiles as I told him you're too late mate, then I took the Myrtlebank Rd and remembered how he'd fooled JB one foggy winters night on our way home from badminton navigating him down the back roads - more smiles.

 Lovely visit from my friend Lisa who gave me a crystal angel to hand in my bedroom window so I can watch the rainbows it and think of Bill. 

 Lyn called in with a birthday card filled with dollars ... buy yourself something and put the rest to your fundraising for Parkinson's - I opted to put it all to Parkinson's in the hope that research at least makes life easier for Parkinson sufferers. I am 'blown away by how generous my friends and family have been.

 

27forParkinsons: Day 13 (Wednesday) Rapid Eye Movement Behaviour Disorder (RBD) this disorder often presents long before the diagnosis is made with 20-40% of people with Parkinson's describing a long history of disturbed sleep patterns with rapid eye movement behaviour disorder. RBD is included in the Parkinson's Associated Risk Syndrome (PARS) and it is now generally accepted that RBD is a manifestation of early changes in the brain stem which have not yet progressed to the point it affects brain structures leading to the motor signs of Parkinsonism. Excessive movement during the dream phase of sleep is a common feature that leads to acting out dreams and can result in sleep talking, shouting and intense and sometimes violent movements. This contrasts with the restricted speech pattern and movements evident during waking hours. These nighttime occurrences often lead to partners sleeping in separate beds or rooms. Discussion with the treating medical specialist is recommended. 

* I refused to consider separate beds or rooms ... as I was always worried if I didn't wake when Bill got out of bed what may have happened ... there were occasions when he was disorientated and tried to get out the window, or thought the walk-in robe was the toilet (it's OK I always managed to stop him in time) - one night in an attempt to catch a cricket ball everything went flying off his bedside table - he didn't wake or remember next morning 

-marking a football saw him fly out of bed

-milking cows ended with me being pushed and shoved

and so they went on for at least 8 years.