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About Abe’s Garden Blog
Please join us as we share the seeds of hope and our stories about those we love. It has happened to all of us. We misplace car keys, fumble for a word we’ve used a thousand times, or see a familiar face but temporarily forget the owner’s name.
Now imagine you’re in that forgetful state all the time. You never find your car keys, never think of the word you’ve used a thousand times before, and you not only forget people’s names, but who they are and what they mean to you. You lose your ability to work, enjoy lifelong hobbies, function at home, and eventually, even how to eat and swallow. What’s worse, you know your mental ability is weakening. It’s like living inside a photograph that’s literary fading away. That’s the irreversible cognitive disorder we know as dementia, the most common form of which is Alzheimer’s disease.
- Added on: Jan 13th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: busymomsjournal
- Listed in: Family Health
- Tags: Parents journal dementia alzheimer's aging parents living with aging parents
Recent Posts
Mind Trips
Mama is taking some very interesting trips in her mind lately….I wrote about the anesthesia-induced ones…then she had some pretty clear days…but lately…. The other day she was over here, we had lunch, she went to her favorite ...
No Laughing Matter
I was giving a friend an overview of my last several days….Mama in tremendous pain, us not being able to figure out why…seeing an array of doctors….getting a pain med to help her which ended up putting her in the emergency room̷...
Pajamas in the Dining Room
Yesterday, my Mama, the once VERY vain, never leave the house without a full face of makeup Molly Berke, was on her way to the dining room at her assisted living place….in her pajamas. This is new. Then, I had her over at my house for the after...
There’s a change in the air
I talk about change….I write about change….I sing about change….”Life’s about changing, nothing ever stays the same….” a line from my Grammy-nominated song. Wow. I’m so smart…so insightful. Would...
Bad Dreams are contagious
Wow. I got a call yesterday morning….at 1:15AM. I was fast asleep. My Mama was so upset. “Karen…what am I going to do? I woke up and my pajamas are all wet. I don’t know what happened. I have them soaking in the sink, but wha...
The Morning Fog
It’s been a while since I’ve written here…..and I’ve missed it. It’s very good therapy. It’s 6:45am, and I just got my morning call from Mama….”Karen, I don’t know who I am, or where I am, or why ...
