Posted 9/29/21 “Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.” Matthew 9:29 Happy Hump Day, friends. Yes…the title of this piece is a quote I heard a lot growing up. 🙂 The phrase fits the topic today… However, I need to dispense with the small talk today and…
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Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 47: Rest
Posted 4-29-20 Howdy all! A heart-filled Hump Day to each of you! What a month it has been! Between working from home several days a week, working around 65-70 hours a week keeping up with disaster planning for 17 counties/10,000 square miles, also serving as I.T. Director for said counties, serving alongside friends at the…
“O Holy Nights” to Come
Posted 4-10-19 Yes, I’m THAT guy. I am still listening to Christmas music on April 10th. My only wish is that Easter music was so widely created. (I do love several traditional Easter songs too, such as “He’s Alive”, “Because He Lives” and “He Arose” to name a few). It is amazing and it brings…
Zzzzzzzzzzz
Mom was still zonked today. Teetering back and forth between blaming this slumberamasville season on disease progression or on over-medication is a common mental exercise we, like many of you, face these days. Facts: It does take time to build up enough of a chemistry from taking a medicine to start to work. Mom has…
Sleep and Alzheimer’s
In a day of quick fixes and easy explanations, sometimes it takes looking at several reputable sources to determine the validity of a health claim. Boy howdy, is Alzheimer’s and related dementias that way??? I am guessing each of you on the other end of cyberspace have been told/promised that if you just take vitamin…
The Buck
Posted 3/3/19 Report on mom wasn’t very good tonight. She was zonked asleep in a chair in the memory unit dining room when my stepdad got there. He wondered if she had been there since lunch. Very tired and, therefore, almost no communication. I hate that. 🙁 Praying she sleeps better tonight so she is…
Sun Down, Lids Up
Posted 1/6/19 Mom had a busy night last night again…up pretty much all night and sleeps half or more of the day. Sundowners. (aka Alzheimer’s patients’ TurboColic) Think it through with me…are patients literally confused at when it is time to sleep, or, could it be that the peace of quietness outweighs the need to…
Sundowners is a Downer, Son.
Posted 12/31/18 Hey all…let’s talk some sundowners/sundowning in Alzheimer’s Land!! (Tied for the worst amusement park name ever with Alzheimer’s World, Dementiaville and with Barefooted Lego Village.) Sundowners is an added value condition to the already raucous fun of Alzheimer’s. Folks with Alzheimer’s sometimes struggle in this way with late in the day issues, sometimes…
Melatonin
Posted 12/13/18 We have a new, simpler med plan for mom now. The Melatonin has naturally helped her sleep, but the anxiety and corresponding hunting and gathering is still a frequent thing. (Mom has been getting sleepy earlier, which will be fine unless she gets up at 4am.) She, like her brain, frantically searches for…
Psalm 55
Posted 10/16/18a Mom slept tonight most of the night. Thank you for your prayer. Keep praying… millions didn’t sleep. 🙂 The Psalmist in Psalm 55 was always in fear for his life. This is a section of this beautiful song: And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away…