There are very few people right now who don’t feel the stress and strain of the COVID-19 virus. I live in Minnesota, which is one of the many states observing social distancing. For the past weeks our social life has been essentially non-existent. Our weekly Sunday ritual of sharing a meal with our daughter, son-in-law…
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Grateful for the right doc
A month ago, I started having awful, terrible, dreams—nightmares which caused me to awake short of breath and anxious. I tried walking off the blurry, ugly visions, but the residing tension followed me into the morning. After repeated nights of disturbed sleep, I began to dread going to bed. After two weeks of persistently interrupted…
What I’ve learned about living with MCI
It seems the right time to write a short recap of my more than five-year journey of memory and cognitive decline. Consider it a summary for new readers of my 40 plus entries here, and perhaps a review for my steadfast followers. I’ve learned…I need a team of professionals and specialists to help me deal…
Socializing
“Continue to socialize and stay engaged,” they say. By “they”, I am referring to the experts—this advice is echoed by physicians and therapists, websites, and all the books dealing with memory and/or cognitive loss or decline. I, however, feel there needs to be a caveat added to this piece of advice. Something like: Continue to…
Retrieving the past
In December I signed up for an online group for women writers. The topic was “Before 2020;” we were to write a post about our life for each year during the last decade, beginning with 2010. What a great concept, I thought! Select one year and replay it—from a distance. I didn’t write the first…
Thankful…
Thanksgiving Day has passed, and I’ve been thinking about the wonderful gathering I attended at the home of my niece Amy. The table was laden with an abundance of delicious food, and a diversity of people gathered around it. Keith and I and Amy’s mom were the oldest. The next generation included my daughter, son-in-law,…