The Diary of An Alzheimer's Caregiver
Appreciate the good, laugh at the crazy, and deal with the rest!
Studies show that up to seven in 10 patients who undergo chemotherapy suffer from chemo brain, a condition that makes it hard for them to concentrate or remember things. Also known as chemo fog, these unwanted side effects last from weeks to years, and it is still unclear if it contributes to the development of Alzheimer’s disease….
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I talked to an old high school friend. She had called to tell me about another old friend who gave up the fight & ended his life this past month. We talked about old history and some of the crazy things we’d done. As it always does it turned into talking about all of the…
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The mental health crisis in America has been at the forefront of conversation lately. Between school shootings & famous suicides, it can leave you feeling as if things will never get better. The one thing that isn’t often talked about is the mental health of seniors. There are many reasons that some seniors need to…
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There is no way living in this day and age that you don’t know what handicap accessible is. I’m here to tell you that it’s all bullshit. The handicapped bathrooms, parking spaces, and anything else that someone slaps a handicap sign on is not handicap accessible at all. Recently I was wheelchair bound for over…
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As most of you know, I lost my mother a few months ago and one of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with is what to do with all of her stuff. She collected…lots of things. Those things didn’t have the same value to me that they held for my mother. I put…
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It is not an uncommon situation where one has met with the concern that a loved one is experiencing memory loss. We all have had experiences where we have walked into a room or started a conversation and completely blanked out and forgot what we were about to do. Such sorts of memory lapses are…
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