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I didn’t realize how much stress was piling on until I ended up in the emergency room with what most likely was a TIA. Did I follow my own advice Continue Reading →
Sometimes a perfect storm can creep up on you
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Category Archives: Our Journey
A moment looking ahead into a darkness that is out there….
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Connie said it out loud – “I’m scared.” And yes, it a fear of death. We knew how this would end, but saying it out loud changes your world in Continue Reading →
So, I said I was done with this blog but Dementia, evil being that it is, had other plans
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OOPS. GUESS I was wrong. I said back in December I was bringing this blog to an end because I had nothing left to say or share. Then Dementia weighed in Continue Reading →
It’s good to have friends…
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A friend and I with spouses in care both imploded recently – different times, different circumstances but we ended up in the same place – with friends. A FRIEND TEXTED me Continue Reading →
Not all memory care units live up to they say are…
A local man did everything right, but ended up with his father suffering in a sub-par facility. THERE WAS A story in the local newspaper this morning about a man filing Continue Reading →
A new car, a cleaner conscience and some plans….
I ORDERED A new car. And yes, it does have something to do with Connie’s dementia, as well as my own social conscience. I have a perfectly good car – a Continue Reading →
It is a Fall morning without color, a sign of what is coming
NOTE: I have not been posting regularly here because, frankly, I have not been a good place, or places. Such is life with dementia. I’ve wanted to write, to share, Continue Reading →
No Institution is Perfect, Including the One Your Loved One is in.
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Sometimes the role of caregiver means watching the care unit and the people who work there. In a caring way, in a kindly way, but in a firm way when Continue Reading →
To Write or Not to Write…
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And, is the US facing a crisis in eldercare? Looks like it…. This is part of an ongoing series about our family’s experience with dementia. There is no order to Continue Reading →
Whether cut or frozen, medical research is in danger and that is not acceptable
If you or a loved one have suffered through a debilitating disease, one thing you probably hoped for was that a cure would come out of the research pipeline in Continue Reading →