It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye

This past weekend, Husband and I left home for four days to visit his parents. Leaving home meant leaving behind Mom to care for Dad by herself. Normally this isn’t a problem as Mom can handle Dad on her own… she has for quite a while. However, it seems whenever us kids fly the coup, whether for [...]

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Things Are Slowly Seeming Better

Things are looking up… Dad has been doing much better these past few weeks. In my opinion, mostly thanks to the fact that we’re slowly taking him off of one of the many bad medicines he’s been prescribed. After joining the LBD Caregivers Yahoo Group, I learned that Dad is extremely over-medicated and has been [...]

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Happy Father’s Day

Dad had a great day which was such a wonderful thing to see after a rough week. In some ways, we saw glimpses of his old self which just made my heart melt; his little jokes, and when he smiled and started laughing… it made me feel so happy to see old Dad again. [...]

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Learning To Live With Lewy

As a family we are starting to learn more and more about Lewy Body Dementia. When the possibility of LBD was first mentioned by Dad’s neurologist, we were all completely stunned… mostly because we had never heard of it. Even his GP didn’t have a clue so why would we? After doing some brief [...]

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