My Life With Jim – Page 6 – Dementia Makes A Strange Bedfellow

No Surgery

December 6, 2021 Wife of JimUncategorized

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

November 29, 2021 Wife of JimProgression

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

November 22, 2021 Wife of JimUncategorized

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

November 19, 2021April 26, 2023 Wife of JimCoping Progression

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

November 15, 2021 Wife of JimUncategorized

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

November 12, 2021 Wife of JimProgression Resources

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

November 8, 2021 Wife of JimCoping Progression

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

“Don’t”

November 5, 2021November 4, 2021 Wife of JimCoping

Lately, I’ve been trying to avoid the word “don’t”. It seemed that every thing I asked Jim not to do, he did. Then, I recalled something I learned as a teen, back when I was teaching swimming. Tell people what you want them to do instead of what you don’t want them to do. The …. Read More

Hospital Appointment

October 30, 2021 Wife of JimUncategorized

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

October 25, 2021 Wife of JimUncategorized

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

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