No Surgery
What a relief!! I spoke with the doctor about the prognosis from the blood pressure readings from Jim’s feet. As a lay person with enough knowledge to understand what I was seeing (as the technician did the scans) but without the training to properly interpret, I was terrified about what he was going to …. Read More
Happy Birthday
Last week was one of my step-children’s birthday. After checking to make sure they’d be around, I told Jim we were going to call to wish them a Happy Birthday. When they came on the phone, Jim started singing “Happy Birthday to you…” It was easy to tell they were choking up. Even though …. Read More
Helping, Not Helping
I leave certain tasks for Jim so he will have something to do during the day. Things like empty the dishwasher etc. It also gives me an idea of where his mind is at, i.e. did he put things in the right spot or load the dishwasher in a crazy way. Yesterday, I found …. Read More
Anxiety Degrades Recall
Yesterday was one of those days. I loaded the winter tires into the car to have them put on and the car wouldn’t start. Happily, our neighbour was outside and had booster cables. We got the car going and I was off to the dealership. The tire and oil change should have taken between and …. Read More
Another Fall And a Near Miss
Jim took a shower after supper on Friday as usual and not long after I heard the spray come one, I felt the thump as much as I heard it. I grabbed my phone and ran into the bathroom to find Jim sheepishly looking up at me, on his knees, leaning on the shower …. Read More
Melatonin
Since my last post, I refreshed myself on Melatonin uses and dosages. I tried this with Jim a year ago and his sleep seemed to get worse instead of better. I gave up pretty quickly because I’d been trying to nip the problem in the bud. His sleep pattern wasn’t a consistent issue so …. Read More
Wanderlust
Over the past few days. Jim has been wandering through the house more than usual. He used to get up in the morning and then doze at the table while he read, and then re-read the newspaper. Then he’d nap in front of the TV most of the afternoon. Now, he’s restless. He stands …. Read More
Hospital Appointment
So, spent the morning at the hospital to get the blood flow in Jim’s feet checked. If we rate the blood flow in his arms a 10, and the blood flow in his ankles a 7 (farther from the heart) then the blood flow in his good foot is a 3 and in his bad …. Read More
The Subconscious Mind
It seems we have a new player in the dementia game. The subconscious mind. I’m planning to move Jim and I to my hometown in the spring. Jim and I have talked about it, and he’s heard me refer to the move each time we have a doctor’s appointment. Which invariably means we have …. Read More