Akathiesia

Akathiesia A feeling of muscle quivering, restlessness, and inability to sit still, sometimes a side effect of antipsychotic or antidepressant medication. What a jumble we have to work through. We have symptoms of Alzheimer’s which we try to manage with drugs that can have side effects that are typical in Alzheimers. The Seroquel has been …

Honor list

I was listening to a podcast this morning, on our way to our quarterly neurologist appointment, and they talked about an honor list for your spouse that you are to make while you love them and review, but not edit, when you are not feeling those warm fuzzies. I thought I would challenge you to …

Stage 6?

  Stage 6 He looks so normal and yet has every characteristic of stage 6. I just asked him to count backwards from 10 and he couldn’t; even when I said 10, 9, 8…. It makes me realize just how amazing our brains are and all they can do that we take for granted. #alzheimerssucks …

Exercise and sorting

Happy Friday. Today we are grateful that exercise is still a great tool to manage the squirrellys and sad that we are losing the ability to sort colors. #alzheimerssucks #endalzoc  

Vegas Baby

What a day and night! I forgot who this Lesley was. Connecting with old friends, vendors, music, laughter and much frivolity ending with a yoga pose I like to call “I put my key card in my boot cause I didn’t have a pocket and I couldn’t retrieve it to open the door” (yes it …

Maintaining the Upper Hand

In order to maintain the upper hand in a relationship, one must sometimes resort to cunning tactics. For example, one could feign indifference when one’s wife returns like a thief in the night from a “business trip” and wait until she is safely at a networking meeting and then go walkabout. The tricky part is …

Imagine the Worst

OH MY GOODNESS I had magnified the impact of my leaving for 36 hours to epic proportions. I imagined 911 scenarios where I was trying to get on a plane home to my frantic, heartbroken love who was strapped to a gurney pumped full of drugs. This would then spiral down to catatonia followed by …

Where the mind goes

OH MY GOODNESS I had magnified the impact of my leaving for 36 hours to epic proportions. I imagined 911 scenarios where I was trying to get on a plane home to my frantic, heartbroken love who was strapped to a gurney pumped full of drugs. This would then spiral down to catatonia followed by …

I forgot this Lesley

What a day and night! I forgot who this Lesley was. Connecting with old friends, vendors, music, laughter and much frivolity ending with a yoga pose I like to call “I put my key card in my boot cause I didn’t have a pocket and I couldn’t retrieve it to open the door” (yes it …

36 hour pass

This is the face of freedom for the next 36 hours. Hi ho hi ho it’s off to Vegas I go! #bensincharge#tradeshow#prayersplease