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Dropping the Ball….Again. Brad and Jim working on a puzzle. Jan 2016. The one part of being submerged in the Alzheimer’s world I never get used to is the amount of time I seem to waste on the phone or searching for answers online. When Jim was first getting tested and diagnosed, I did research online because the doctor didn’t tell us much other than he had Mild Cognitive Impairment with the probability of advancing to Alzheimer’s Disease. I had no idea what that really meant. This past summer, I spent Ji...
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Sorrows Under the Mistletoe. Brad putting on the angel. Dec. 2015. My heart is heavy. My mind is scrambled. My energy wanes day to day. My world is spinning out of control with a speed and slowness that are confusing and indecipherable. He no longer stands up straight. His posture is that of a 95 year old with extremely poor mien, including the shuffling, the humped shoulders and the constant stare at the floor or something no one else can see. He drools. A lot. Sometimes. He is down to 160 pounds. He wi...
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Archive for the 'Younger Onset Alzheimer’s Disease' Category. Jim is still with us. I say that statement with a very loose context. Jim is resting. Jim is sleeping. Jim is….Jim is….technically alive. Waiting to die. The waiting for him to die takes a toll both mentally and physically. And it totally SUCKS! Sitting, watching, holding his hand, rubbing his hair. Watching for the slightest change in breathing. Seeing a slight movement of his lips or a flutter of his eyes and wondering what it means? The man...
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Dropping the Ball….Again. Brad and Jim working on a puzzle. Jan 2016. The one part of being submerged in the Alzheimer’s world I never get used to is the amount of time I seem to waste on the phone or searching for answers online. When Jim was first getting tested and diagnosed, I did research online because the doctor didn’t tell us much other than he had Mild Cognitive Impairment with the probability of advancing to Alzheimer’s Disease. I had no idea what that really meant. This past summer, I spent Ji...
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Missing Jim :: Confessions of an Alzheimer's Wife » Early Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease
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Archive for the 'Early Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease' Category. Jim is still with us. I say that statement with a very loose context. Jim is resting. Jim is sleeping. Jim is….Jim is….technically alive. Waiting to die. The waiting for him to die takes a toll both mentally and physically. And it totally SUCKS! Is he trying to tell us something? Is he in pain? Does he want something? I’m sure he wants a huge glass of water and a very large meal. The man I married and have loved and known for many years, did...
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Dropping the Ball….Again. Brad and Jim working on a puzzle. Jan 2016. The one part of being submerged in the Alzheimer’s world I never get used to is the amount of time I seem to waste on the phone or searching for answers online. When Jim was first getting tested and diagnosed, I did research online because the doctor didn’t tell us much other than he had Mild Cognitive Impairment with the probability of advancing to Alzheimer’s Disease. I had no idea what that really meant. This past summer, I spent Ji...
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Missing Jim :: Confessions of an Alzheimer's Wife » A world without Jim?
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A world without Jim? Please, please, make all of this go away. The pain. The worry. The decisions. The agony of watching Jim slide away as we try to cling to him. As he tries to cling to himself. It hurts. So bad. And I can’t stop it. From hurting me, him or the kids. The kids. How dare I fail him? What can I change? What can I stop and divert? This is a most agonizing journey and I am hopeful that at the end of the road I will be a better person and somehow survive strong enough to continue to help othe...
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Missing Jim :: Confessions of an Alzheimer's Wife » patience
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And the Grief Goes On. Visiting Jim at his new home. October 2015. There is a time in everyone’s life where you learn who you are and transform into the person you were always meant to be. Welcome to my time. Posted by Karen in Early Signs of Alzheimer's. Early Stages of Alzheimer's Disease. Younger Onset Alzheimer's Disease. And have Comments (13). I have lost hope for a note in his handwriting, confessing how much I mean to him and how he can’t stop thinking of me. Does he? Does he think of me? There a...
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Dropping the Ball….Again. Brad and Jim working on a puzzle. Jan 2016. The one part of being submerged in the Alzheimer’s world I never get used to is the amount of time I seem to waste on the phone or searching for answers online. When Jim was first getting tested and diagnosed, I did research online because the doctor didn’t tell us much other than he had Mild Cognitive Impairment with the probability of advancing to Alzheimer’s Disease. I had no idea what that really meant. This past summer, I spent Ji...