License
Much to my astonishment, my mother passed her driving retest. She can hardly drive forward in a straight line much less back around a corner or parallel park. As her Doc said, patients rise to the occasion. I need to go find my jaw. It’s somewhere downstairs, below the hole it made as it hit […]
A good conversation…
I called mom tonight to check in. She sounded pretty good. Aside from raising her fist yet again toward the neurologist that diagnosed her, we had an OK chat. She asked me if I had a copy of her will. I told her I had her origional will and a copy was in her mainland […]
I Sing
Another personal tidbit about me is I sing. Professionally, in situations where I earn money. That, at least, is my loose definition of professional. My last band went on hiatus about a year and a half ago as the core members, myself being one, were suddenly too busy to practise regularly. Within 2 months my […]
Pressure Valve
I, admittedly, experience frustration over my mother’s 100% denial of her diagnosis of dementia. She doesn’t remember she holds in her possession reports/opinions from three physicians, all of whom speak, at one level of another, about her dysfunction, about her ‘moderate dementia.’ Upon receiving each one, she raved about what assholes they were, about what a […]
Circular Thinking
Confirmation has been received from the state that mom’s driving retest is on the 9th. The department of licensing district manager that spoke to mom’s attorney asked if mom was able to take the written portion on paper or needed to take the test orally. The Island isn’t set up with computers for the written […]
Life is Thick
Mom’s retest was scheduled for the 7th. She and her attorney got on the phone with the state to inquire why she wasn’t allowed to retest on the day the department of licensing was on the Island (9th). Otherwise she’d have to go off Island to retest. The person they talked with, after consulting her […]
Putting Words in My Mouth
I spent two days at my mom’s Island home this last week. Out of personal necessity, it was a fast trip. I made sushi for dinner and a wonderful neighbor joined us. It was a really nice evening. As things wound down for the evening, mom asked if we were having breakfast in the morning. […]
The Rampant Spread of Misinformation
This shouldn’t bother me as much as it does… But it does. As my mom’s memory declines, she spreads misinformation at an alarming rate. Things like: She was given, “Hours, literally hours to hand in her license to the state.” The truth is she was given about two and a half weeks. It was toward […]
Oil & Vinegar
I am supposed to go to the Island tomorrow and spend a couple of days with mom. I’m starting to wonder if I’m going to make the trip… Last night she e-mailed me wanting the phone number of the neurologist who diagnosed her so she could get a copy of her MRI. This set off […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 