I am subject to the mood swings of my disease. I don’t like
the swings in the down direction when they happen. They are part of the disease.
Part of the acceptance in having this disease is tolerating them as they
happen.
From my current mood, looking up over the crest of the gully
I am in, I wonder about the direction I have taken in the last three posts,
namely the story about the BRAVE
NEW WORLD OF DEMENTIA.
My intent is to weave a story of a society like ours in an
alternative universe, that developed
much as we did, but took a different course over the pending calamity of the
deluge of cases of Dementia. It parallels our world in first simply trying to
find the magic pill to cure it and finally recognizing that was not likely to
happen. Recognizing this they took a different course to care for people with
the disease and make changes. The changes were deep social-philosophical modifications
in commonly held beliefs and simpler variations in programs of care and
economies in the cost of care.
This course will likely take Lorli on much
expounding and sounding as if she were giving lectures. This, like the last
post
BRAVE NEW WORLD OF
DEMENTIA Chapter Three could induce a lot of boredom especially redundancy. I do not know where
Lorli will take the story, I like many writers have no idea where a story line
will go until I start writing it, then only know it by how it ends up
If the folks who follow my blog have an interest in this
form of blogging for a while, during which time we see where Lorli takes us, I
will continue. If this is coming off as boring and sophomoric, I will take a
vacation and go into hiatus for a while.
There will be no posts until I get some comments from those
reading this about what they want to hear or if they have heard enough.
I like to write, but I have many things I can write, the
blog not being necessary in my need to write. My reason for doing the blog is
to direct the writing activity to my disease as it is in progress to give the
reader some of the experience I am having on the inside of this disease. If
this is valued it makes this sharing worthwhile and fulfills my mission to use
my disease for some good. If it has worn out this purpose it does not make
sense to continue.
My husband has AD. He was diagnosed 2 years ago. He is on Aricept and is much better than when he started it. He is hard of hearing almost to the point of deafness, which by the way he is getting his 2 new hearing aids tomorrow and is very excited about it. There are times when I don't know whether it is the AD or it is his inability to hear that causes some reactions. He no long likes to watch tv. He spends a lot of time in the yard pulling weeds. He spends a lot of time on Craig's List reading and buying things. He plays solitaire on his computer. He gets mad at me for a lot of things, but thankfully gets over it quickly, sometimes. I just wonder what goes thru his mind sometimes. Like I said I don't know if these things are because of his hearing loss or the AD or maybe both. I enjoy reading all that you write.
ReplyDeleteI might add that my husband is 65.
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