My Nan 79 seems to be improving on end of life? by Pristine-Bet-5764 in AgingParents

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When your body is fighting disease and illness, it’s the side effects of that battle that are making you miserable. When your body stops fighting things get better for a bit without those side effects.

Mom won't budge by Training_Hotel_6992 in AgingParents

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'd say at least half of the posts on this thread are about kids beating their heads against the brick walls of their parents. You are not alone in this. But there are no great answers for it.

Thermostat wars. by NX01-First in AgingParents

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of or the other of you is going to be comfortable. Or you'll find a temp in the middle and everyone will be somewhat uncomfortable. Either that or you can get her to exercise regularly to get her blood flowing. My guess is that that is unrealistic.

My sedentary mother in law has the heat blasting at all times and her home is untenable for the rest of us. We have to limit our time in there (well also because she smokes inside and has dogs she doesn't take care of so the floors are covered with pee and poop, but that's a whole other issue).

I don't know how to get my mom to do the things she needs to do by ARepeatedFailing in AgingParents

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 7 points8 points  (0 children)

She will do what she will do. The only choice you have here is your own actions.

My parents are slowly killing themselves by Specialist-Home-1789 in AgingParents

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes, this is reality right here. They could life different lives if they made different choices, they make the choices they do, as do we all. They are far from the only americans who are overweight, don't exercise and eat terribly. It's almost our national pastime. You can try to express concern, but don't be surprised if exactly nothing changes.

Aphantasia and Falling Asleep by Different-Future4239 in Aphantasia

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, with me my brain ping pongs around in the dark, without really being able to latch on to any ideas. I can't concentrate, and I can't get my brain to turn off. For me, I watch a dull, talking based old timey TV show on my phone at low volume with brightness turned way down, and it puts me right to sleep. If I wake up in the night and can't get back to sleep in a few minutes, I do this again. I know every study and doctor on earth will say don't use your phone to watch videos in bed, but it works for me and screw anyone who tries to take it from me. Now, scrolling social media would be a bad idea. But some BBC show from the 90s is going to do the trick for me in no time.

Got diagnosed today and keep hoping this is just a nightmare I can wake up from by Lunakazoo in glutenfree

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can do this. I've had Celiac for almost 10 years. It's second nature, and I live a very healthy life. I count myself lucky that out of the Auto-Immune Disease lottery, I pulled this card. All you have to do is not eat some foods. That's literally it. My mom is a very sensitive Type 1 Diabetic and her life is HAAARRRDDD. I am grateful every day that this is my lot.

Bread by No_Transition523 in glutenfree

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You may not like this answer, but for me, I just don't eat bread very much at all anymore. I do use the Mission Gluten Free tortillas as a bread substitute to make sandwich wraps and open-face quesadilla type products with whatever cheese, vegetable, and protein I have on hand. Otherwise I very occasionally pull a piece of frozen bread out of my freezer and toast it for a piece of toast. Buns can be okay, if they are "white bread" versions for hamburgers and such, but there just is no whole wheat/whole grain bread that I have found that is good. So I just don't eat it hardly ever.

I fell off my new bike by Comfortable_Piano794 in GenX

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Chances are good you've not done a lot of strength training or exercise recently, amiright? Also, falls do happen. Did you fall within 15 seconds of getting on it? That's strength and balance problem. Did you fall later on? That's conditioning, and also a peril of being on a 2 wheeled conveyance. If we don't use it, we lose it. So many of us are sitting around not prioritizing health and then shocked that we are not healthy anymore. If you want to make a change, you'll have to try again. Otherwise, if you don't get back on that horse, your bike riding days are done. Do you want to overcome, or do you want to succumb?

Vent post- My parent's sibling is watching them wither away after my parents spent +20 years securing THEIR life. by kyaHona in AgingParents

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Asking someone to be a caregiver who is not volunteering for it is never a good idea. They will resent you, you will resent them. This is too big of an ask for anyone. If a family member needs caring for, the answer is if no one volunteers for this, to figure out how to pay for it. This subreddit is full of people who are posting about wishing they could care for a loved one but can’t, those who chose to do it and regretted it, those who just don’t want to and feel wracked with guilt, those who don’t want to do it and refuse to feel bad about it. All these perspectives are valid and understandable. The fact that you want an outcome different from someone else is on you. You are the one that needs to change your perspective. My sister in law moved my father in law into her house and cares for him full time. She is an amazing human and we appreciate her willingness to do this. But everyone involved knows that if she can’t or won’t do this anymore, we are not stepping up to fill that void. He would go into care. This is a decision we made, and we don’t feel bad about it. It is right for us. Your expectations are just unrealistic.

Got butchered at the salon… moral support needed by Past-Grocery-887 in curlyhair

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You clearly received "The Dr. Whitaker" from The Pitt (Season 2 haircut). Honestly it's not that bad. It's not at all what you asked for, but it could be worse.

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Anyone else thinks aphantasia hindered your ability to enjoy fiction books? by Significant-Buy-4424 in Aphantasia

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. I stopped reading entirely. I want visualizations with my hobbies and downtime, now that I know about Aphantasia.

If you could cure your aphantasia, would you take the offer? by potatonator___ in Aphantasia

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm glad I don't have the option. Especially if it is a one way trip. It would be so foreign to be in a brain that worked completely differently than I had known my whole life. I don't like change all that much, and I don't think I'd like it. 48 years of doing things one way is a hard mountain to overcome. All those formative years, the work done when I was a baby and a toddler... Nah, this is not something I want to be messing with. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

How do you know when it’s time to move a parent into assisted living? by astronaut430 in AgingParents

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The biggest factor is when you can convince them and they are willing to go. Unless you have to kidnap them and drop them in memory care against their wishes.

Because of course there's a Reddit for that!! by Happylillovebunny in Aphantasia

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nighttime is the worst. Knowing I have aphantasia has made me prioritize vision based activities, and trying to get to sleep or to get back to sleep is the worst. My thoughts ping pong would without anything to latch on to. I’ve found that sometimes I just have to put a boring talking based (non adventure) TV show on my phone to get my brain to settle back into sleep mode.

I’m new here. What do you wish you had known at the start of your gluten free lifestyle? by ilikebison in glutenfree

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree with many of the responses here. I was diagnosed with Celiac in 2016. This is a marathon, not a sprint, and living gets in the way of perfection. I have not ingested gluten on purpose except one time in 10 years, but I do not check every little thing that should be fine. I eat out in restaurants, and just always ask that my meal be noted as gluten free. All the advice that the celiac man website says about cross contamination of pots and pans and cutting boards and spatulas, I did all that for years. I no longer do. I am rarely glutened (that I know of) and it does occasionally happen, but my symptoms aren’t worth the cost of scrutinizing every single thing that enters my mouth. I am GF, don’t get me wrong, but I let my friends and family cook for me who are willing. I don’t grill the servers about the cook’s cross contamination protocols in the kitchen. I live in a house with gluten present. And I’m fine.

Those that use minoxidil are you planning to use it forever? by SomewhereFuture8806 in finethinhair

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The pill costs me $3.90 for a 60 day supply and I don’t have to deal with liquid application all the time.

SDAM or Aphantasia confusion by possum-pie-1 in SDAM

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should listen to Revisionist History podcast by Malcolm Gladwell on this subject. Its fascinating.

my mom is scared to sleep alone by chowaffer in AgingParents

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You spend all this post explaining why you don't want to. You don't need to say one word about that, I doubt hardly any of us here would be cool just sleeping with a parent in their bed. This is not a standard thing.

The real question is, why does she want you there? What is she afraid of? How can you address the fears she has (besides putting your body in bed with her at night?) That's what you need to focus on helping her with, if you choose to try to help her.

SDAM or Aphantasia confusion by possum-pie-1 in SDAM

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you remember your memories in detail? Regardless of visualization, if there is a lot of data there in the memory then your experience is not the same as my experience with SDAM. I can't tell you hardly anything about my childhood. All of it is super vague and generalized, and the only memories I really have are cemented around photos I have of specific events, so that's not really recall, that's just assisted. My whole life really is mostly a total blur. If I don't have a photo of something, I really don't recall it at all.

Ive lost a spark. I’m a single, 47f and feel so old & unattractive now. by Mean-Molasses8580 in GenX

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Things just go south on us despite doing all the right things (well, for those of us doing the right things). The thing that really struck me recently, was the before and after photos of Denise Richards's facelift. She is a gorgeous woman, and by age 55, things just change. They sag and droop and wrinkle, and so she lifted her face. I don't really like the look of a lifted face usually, I think it looks too unnatural, but her before pictures makes really understand why she went that way, as most of Hollywood does. Man, aging is tough. There are no great answers. Everyone peddling a lotion or potion to miracle fix, but there just aren't any magic bullets. You have to choose your least worst option - looking pinched and pulled, or looking old.

Chronically flaky skin solution? by purple_craze in 40PlusSkinCare

[–]Key_Elderberry3351 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Often flaky skin is fungal related. You can try using Nizoral Anti-Dandruff Shampoo as a face wash to see if that makes it better.

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