Category Archives: aging

Hollering

Posted on August 13, 2017 by

A few days ago I started to write this ‘H’ post about hope. My intent was to incorporate healing into the mix. Look, it’s not like I don’t know that people can only take so much raw truth and pain … Continue reading →

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Grief. And Guilt.

Posted on August 9, 2017 by

G is for grief. And it’s also for guilt. If I had been a better wife, if I had loved Jack more selflessly, more deeply, might I have prevented his brain from developing Progressive Supranuclear Palsy? Is it possible that, … Continue reading →

Posted in aging, caregiver, grief, marriage, nursing home, Pamela Foster, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Forgetting

Posted on August 7, 2017 by

Forgetting our past is terrifying. Our experiences, our memories are who we are, how we identify ourselves. Part of the progressive supranuclear palsy from which Jack suffers is dementia. But, not the loss of memory associated with Alzheimer’s disease. No, … Continue reading →

Posted in aging, grief, health, nursing home, Pamela Foster, Parkinson Disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, pts, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Death

Posted on August 4, 2017 by

D is for death. Not Jack’s death. Ultimately, that will be his with which to deal. I want to talk today about my own death, and the 70% chance that I will die before Jack. That’s the statistic. 70% of … Continue reading →

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Bitter

Posted on August 2, 2017 by

“Woman’s virtue is man’s greatest invention.” Germaine Greer Four years ago – when Jack began falling, when I first noticed the tremor in his left hand, when his vision began to deteriorate faster than the VA could order him new … Continue reading →

Posted in aging, caregiver, grief, health, marriage, Pamela Foster, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Uncategorized | 24 Comments

Advice

Posted on August 1, 2017 by

Since Jack was diagnosed with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, an un-treatable, progressive, and ultimately, fatal disease, everyone has advice on how to cure him. Well, everyone but every single medical personnel. The advice of the neurologist was to get his affairs … Continue reading →

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Catch 22

Posted on June 4, 2017 by

A lot of people think the Veteran’s Administration is an unwieldy bureaucracy set up to help veterans. In my experience this is true of most of the individuals who work at the VA. But the organization itself is set up … Continue reading →

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