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Title of Entry: Question |
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dareme
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By DareMe on
8/19/2008 7:55 AM
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This morning my husband held his crushed meds mixed with yogurt in his mouth for a long long time before I finally convinced him to swallow it. He is suffering from endstage
early onset Alzheimers. Has anyone gone thru this and how
did you handle it?
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Title of Entry: Today is Chemo so it must be Monday |
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A New Life Adventure
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By Shamar on
6/30/2008 8:35 AM
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Every other week I drive Bob to the cancer center for treatment. Everyone is pleasant and happy, except of course the patients that are throwing up. Sometimes I feel like I'm in the twlight zone with IV's, bald people, nausea and everyone walking very slowly. Four months ago Bob was fine now he is in stage four colon cancer. That's a big jump in a very short time.
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Title of Entry: One more thing to do |
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A New Life Adventure
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By Shamar on
6/28/2008 8:42 PM
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Friends think I need a support group to deal with this situation. I know I'm doing fine. They want me to make it better and be the leader on how to deal with cancer, but I'm in the middle and just treading water. This isn't a happy time and I can't make it happy and wonderful for anyone. Sometimes I'm angry, sad or just want to be alone. I know that is ok and part of the process, but the additional pressure from well wishers is trying and now I am making an effort in an already full day to appease their demands.
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Title of Entry: Beautiful, Raw, Real-life Stories |
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CARE TALK
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By CommunityManager on
6/10/2008 7:19 AM
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I want to recommend a fantastic book about caregiving called An Uncertain Inheritance, a collection of personal essays, edited by Nell Casey. It’s not a how-to book or filled with many straight-forward tips. But this collection offers great solace and guidance to anyone who has ever cared for a sick or disabled loved one. Eleanor Cooney writes about caring for a formerly “hip” mother with Alzheimer’s. She tells us how she clung to “optimistic visions” – ordering special brain nutrients off the internet, and dutifully laying out vitamins – while her mother declined in painful incremental ways. The self-proclaimed “baby of the family,” Anne Landsman, writes about a ...
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