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
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
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
Hard Conversations
Last Sunday we had an issue. Well, Jim did – even though he didn’t realize it. He double dosed his vitamins. While on the surface, it doesn’t seem like a big deal, it is. I’ve already hidden away his medications because he’d stopped reading the day written on the box of his daily pills. …. Read More
Restaurant Eating
So… It was my birthday this past week and while I was willing to ignore it as I did our wedding anniversary a few months ago. Jim, suddenly realized it was August and thus, my birthday must be happening soon. He asked me repeatedly what I wanted, even after we decided we’d just go …. Read More
Food and Dementia Prevention
There is a lot of talk out there of using food to delay the onset of dementia. Honestly, by the time Jim was officially diagnosed, I figured I was doing enough. He’d already been diagnosed with diabetes a few years ago and I went all out. Fiber this and veggies that. Everything I cooked …. Read More
Dementia Jim And Sleeping
Over the past few months, Jim hasn’t been keeping a regular sleep/wake cycle. Part of it I’m sure is boredom. Even with the pandemic waning, he’s reluctant to go to the mall for a walk (which he used to do on his own just to get out). Lately, he’s begun exercising in the mornings, …. Read More
When The Bad Days Become The Good Days
I knew these days were coming. In face, I’m sure I blogged about it last Christmas, or perhaps the Christmas before. Back when it started to sink in for me that the days I considered bad memory days, where he’d ask the same question a few times before he finally remembered and did the …. Read More