Being a Caregiver
Elderly Depression
Depression was something I never saw my mother exhibit until I became a live-in caregiver. She’s a lot better than I ever realized at putting on a happy face regardless of how she really feels, […]
Year: 2019
Being a Caregiver
The Many Personalities of Dementia
For me, one of the most challenging adaptations I’m having to make is learning to put aside personal feelings and all behavioral expectations regarding my mother. Her dementia, for several years, was primarily evidenced as […]
TBI Support
Hey, I used to be able to play that…
[Audio Version Link] A TBI affects every survivor in unique ways, depending on the areas damaged and extent of that damage. For most of my adult life I would play my guitar on a daily […]
TBI Support
Whether for work or pleasure, I love to read – but now I can’t…
As I’ve mentioned in other posts, my ability to read was impacted greatly by the TBI. An avid reader for all of my life, I had accumulated a large collection of books. Many of my […]
TBI Support
Hello darkness, my new friend…
A TBI presents us with many new things that we need to understand in order to manage our situation better. One of the biggest challenges for me was dealing with persistent brain fatigue resulting from […]
Being a Caregiver
Caregiver Challenge #2: Taking the Keys… let the fights begin, and me finally seeing what I wouldn’t see before…
As it turns out, they kept her overnight for the event I described in Caregiver Challenge #1. When I came in the next day to talk to her doctor to find out her status, the […]
TBI Support
Discovering Post TBI Brain Fatigue, What my Doctor didn’t tell me – and why…
I learned all of this the hard way while my doctor waited for an apparently magical two year mark to pass before he began to talk with me about available therapies and finally referred me […]
Being a Caregiver
Caregiver Challenge #1: The Difficult Patient
Another big change in my life situation since the TBI is becoming a caregiver for my aging mother. With the level of attention and care she needs, we decided it would be best for me […]
TBI Support
Two peas in a pod?
When my son Robert turned 18 he enlisted in the US Army as an 11 Bravo, an Infantry soldier. His first (and only) tour in Iraq was cut very short when the Bradley Fighting Vehicle […]