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Alzheimer's is a Bitch: June 2011
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Alzheimer's is a Bitch. Monday, June 27, 2011. I posted on my regular blog some of the things on my mind lately regarding Mom and Alzheimers. I'm more selective about what I say there, but wondering if it's time to combine these two blogs. Do any of you keep the Alzheimer's stuff seperate from your other writing? If only it were so easy to categorize the hard stuff in other areas of life. Http:/ emuf.blogspot.com/2011/06/loving-mom.html. Links to this post. Saturday, June 4, 2011. Links to this post.
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Alzheimer's is a Bitch: January 2011
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Alzheimer's is a Bitch. Monday, January 31, 2011. Mom’s 58th birthday was last week so my sister and I took her out for lunch. There’s strength in numbers. I told my sister recently that I wish I was as patient as she is with Mom. Sis takes it all in stride and smiles and soothes and makes Mom feel comfortable. I cringe and avoid eye contact and bite my tongue to keep from crying. My sister told me that her patience took practice. We said goodbye to Dad around 2:30pm and I said, "don't wait up! Mom frown...
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Alzheimer's is a Bitch: Need to vent
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Alzheimer's is a Bitch. Tuesday, September 6, 2011. I have one friend, a co-worker, who also lost a parent to Alzheimer's. We talked today at lunch, and it helped. People who understand are hard to come by. Seeing my mom-in-law and sister-in-law interact makes me jealous. I'm grateful to be included in the sisterhood on my husband's side of the family, but nothing replaces the friendship I had with Mom. Why not just go with it, and soothe her? Kiss her forehead, and tuck her into bed? I'm afraid for Dad'...
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Alzheimer's is a Bitch: September 2011
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Alzheimer's is a Bitch. Sunday, September 11, 2011. And then all hell breaks loose. I posted this on my happy blog. Grief has widened my perspective. I feel like a funnel, taking in more than I have the capacity to contain. I move forward with open arms, vulnerable but receptive. I can't imagine how hard it must have been for Mom to describe her symptoms, or for Dad to bring the doctor up to speed on Mom's medical history (doesn't dementia trump all? Links to this post. Tuesday, September 6, 2011. I have...
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Alzheimer's is a Bitch: July 2009
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Alzheimer's is a Bitch. Friday, July 24, 2009. Dad told my twenty-year old sister, and she told me, that a nurse is coming to the house to interview the family and determine whether Dad's medicaid application is fraudulent or not. Apparently, Dad said to Sister, "I told Mom she's getting worse, and a nurse is coming. She's sad about it.". Apparently, Mom left the hose running (overnight? Stuff I wish I could say to Dad:. 1) My heart BREAKS for you. This has to be hardest for you, losing your best fri...
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Meet the dog | The Dog's In The Oven
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. The Dog's In The Oven. By dogintheoven on March 19, 2010. As the oven-dwelling dog seems to play an increasingly pivotal role in this story, I feel it important to provide a little background to his arrival on the scene and the part he now plays in the unfolding drama that is living with dementia. My mother loved that little dog very much indeed and it certainly gave her enormous pleasure. It became part of their routine and a part of my mother’s life that had nothing ...
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Another Side of My Life: November 2010
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Another Side of My Life. No posts. Show all posts. No posts. Show all posts. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My Other Blog on Alzheimer's. Taking Care of Mom and Dad. Revised Common Lectionary: Words to Live By Edition. A venerable member of our Bible study, and a person who has read the Bible many times, said in a recent conversation that he had never noticed this parable. The sale of Habitat Home. Oh how I will miss Habitat Home! Alzheimer's is a Bitch. Alzheimers: (Not) for Laughs Anymore. I'm a Licensed ...
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Another Side of My Life: Funeral for a 3-Year Old
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Another Side of My Life. Thursday, December 2, 2010. Funeral for a 3-Year Old. I did a funeral for a three year old today. For some reason I have always felt comforted when I see older people in their coffins because they don’t look real. I mean they look dead and its easy for me to grasp that their spirits are no longer in those old bodies; their spirits have moved on. I wanted to pull the covers up a bit and tuck him in a bit. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Funeral for a 3-Year Old. Revised Common...
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Another Side of My Life: January 2011
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Another Side of My Life. Friday, January 14, 2011. A Second Parable on Domestic Violence. A Parable On Domestic Violence 2. On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life? 8220;What is written in the Law? 8221; he replied. “How do you read it? 8220;You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”. But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor? Her friends at work talked among...
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Another Side of My Life: Between Hospital and Nursing Home
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Another Side of My Life. Saturday, July 30, 2011. Between Hospital and Nursing Home. My father has been in the hospital since Tuesday. What started out as an ER visit on Saturday for stomach pain, turned into a hospitalization on Tuesday for a completely different matter. Bodies age and the cumulative effect of that aging can make things go wrong all at once. Dad is not himself. And I'm terribly worried. July 31, 2011 at 10:32 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Between Hospital and Nursing Home.