Restless Sleep
I fear we’re entering a new area of symptoms, this time courtesy of diabetes. Over the past few years, Jim has twitched in his sleep. At first it wasn’t bad. His arms or legs would jerk a few times as he settled into slumber. It’s been growing steadily worse, graduating to full body movements …. Read More
A Little Relief Goes A Long Way
One of Jim’s children were able to visit yesterday with their family. They all live out of town, so it isn’t like they can just pop over. It was just a visit for a couple of hours which was enough. Jim wouldn’t have been able to handle an overnight stay. Especially with little kids …. Read More
Midnight Workout Anyone?
It’s been a rough week. But there is movement on my to-do list. Yay me! I’ve had a contractor in to give me an estimate on getting our ground level ready for occupation. Even if we can avoid foot surgery (although it isn’t likely) I need to keep Jim from going up and down …. Read More
Preparation Is The Key To Success
I recently made my life easier and left myself saying, “Well, duh yeah.” Four years ago, when Jim first started taking medications, we bought one of those weekly pill containers. We stopped using it after a few days because Jim’s hands shook too much and he ended up dumping the entire case. I kept …. Read More
Freaking Out In Silence
I woke up at 5am this morning. Usually I can fall back asleep until 6:30 when my alarm sounds, but not today. Even getting up to use the bathroom didn’t help. My brain had started spinning, finding all those corners and crevices where I’d stashed my fears about the future. And, of course, in …. Read More
Clingy
I’ve noticed in the past few weeks Jim has become very clingy. If I leave the room for a few minutes he comes to find me. If I make a noise, eg. dishes clanging together as I make supper, he asks me if I’m okay. He’s also become hyper-vigilant about investigating sounds from outside. …. Read More
Marathon Mornings
I’ve noticed that Jim takes extra long in the mornings now to get ready. He is trying to focus on so many little things that he used to do by muscle memory-now he’s confusing himself. He’ll start a task and then question why and how he’s doing it. He’s distracting himself and pulling his …. Read More
More Medication Mayhem
A while back I was worried that Jim wasn’t taking his morning Benadryl and low dose Aspirin. These were kept in his bathroom to take as part of his morning routine. I’d asked him, but if he wasn’t in the middle of his routine then he couldn’t remember ever taking those pills and had …. Read More
Brain Exercises For The Unmotivated.
The biggest issue I’ve had with Jim has been his lack of motivation to do anything that makes him think. He doesn’t like puzzles, he’s never been a reader, he doesn’t like documentaries. He has no interest in learning how things work, he was never a handyman etc. All of the above are activities …. Read More
Birthday
Jim’s birthday was last week and it nearly broke my heart. (I guess I’ll need to get used to having almost everything breaking my heart a little more each time.) There wasn’t a moment of independent recognition of it being his birthday. Once he got settled in the morning, I brought in the cards …. Read More