Tag: alzheimers
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June 29, 2007 11:41 AM EDT --
So many things I should be doing but am running into one snag after another... soon going to just say to heck with it and chuck it all and do what I really want to do which is to get to work on my YA novel.... . . . more
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July 17, 2008 04:34 PM EDT --
I wanted to post an article; however, I do not have any great story to tell, I do not have any good jokes or any good recipes to share. I do not have any questions to ask.
So, I thought I would . . . more
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February 19, 2007 12:06 PM EST --
This is the letter that I have written to the nursing service which was supposed to have supported us in taking care of my mother in law at home... (although the actual letter, of course, includes . . . more
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February 17, 2008 04:09 PM EST --
So, I told you already how independent ma was inclined to be. When I first got involved, she was still not only staying home alone while R was off at his store (8 - 10 hours a day, 7 days a . . . more
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February 23, 2007 07:49 PM EST --
That's what she said to me the other day - my sister-in-law - the one who lives a 10 minute walk away from us, and who ~helped~ us take care of her mom. When, that is, she couldn't avoid it. And . . . more
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February 25, 2007 02:40 PM EST --
I am supposed to be writing a paper today.
The Use of Sexuality to Evoke Terror in the Gothic Novel
That's what I have so far! Well, not really. I have gone through both of the novels I am to use . . . more
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March 02, 2007 08:58 PM EST --
The girls are here - well, 2 of the 3.... they have packed up ma's clothing - decided what has value and what is garbage.
And now they are divvying up the elephants - the herd that once my mother . . . more
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March 08, 2007 11:51 PM EST --
As I hadn't heard anything in response to the letter I sent about the lack of support we received the evening my mother in law died, I followed it up with an email .... this is the response I . . . more
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April 27, 2007 12:00 PM EDT --
...life was going to be fair? I used to say that a lot. Back when I worked with disabled kids - and then with children with behaviour problems. And then, of course, when I had my own kids. I worked . . . more
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May 05, 2007 06:13 PM EDT --
As those of you who read this article know, I recently went to visit my Dad, who's been diagnosed with Alzheimer's ....and who, because of problems with his second wife, I haven't seen in about . . . more
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June 23, 2007 08:36 PM EDT --
Went to Niagara Falls yesterday to hang out at their (very old, poorly laid out & decripit-looking) hospital with my dad & his wife. Stayed over at a hotel and went back this morning.......
Tongue . . . more
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June 25, 2007 03:24 PM EDT --
After a stressful few days, the news coming from the Falls is much improving...
Not only are things ~moving~ again .... Dad's legs are back to fully functional, he's up and walking for short periods, . . . more
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November 16, 2007 01:21 PM EST --
AS some of you know I have had a bit of a scare lately , I have been attending the breast clinic , there has ben nothing showing up but I am still going for tests , so far everything is going really well . . . more
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April 09, 2008 07:38 PM EDT --
Today at work, the question came up about people from our past that we miss either because they have left the area, passed away, or a variety of other reasons. I stated that I missed my dad before he . . . more
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June 12, 2008 07:54 AM EDT --
I'm on a cleaning spree at the moment. As part of that I stumbled across some old notebooks where I jotted down ideas and stories in an era before laptops became available to the masses. . . . more
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August 30, 2008 08:40 PM EDT --
Hello Gather Friends -
I have been gone for a few days as we have had a terrible time here. As most of you know, my father has suffered with Alzheimers for the past several years. We have . . . more
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December 14, 2006 10:14 PM EST --
Today was one of those days...
no, not one of ~those~ days...
one of those increasingly rare
few and far between totally special
days when she forgets that she forgot
how to walk and she gets up
. . . more
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February 08, 2007 07:40 PM EST --
I called home today – after one class and before the next. Asked how ma was doing, and hubby told me:
“She’s having a good day today,” he said. “She’s drinking . . . more
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November 19, 2007 10:56 AM EST --
I am usually at Mum and Dads as they both have Alzheimer's ,Dad will be 90 in february and Mum 89 on Christmas day , they have been hapily married for 68 years, Dads is progressing a lot quicker . . . more
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February 17, 2007 08:05 AM EST --
"Well, that was a lot of work for nothing!" hubby said this morning.
He didn't mean it, of course. It wasn't nothing. We've been taking care of her - his mom - for a . . . more
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