(PAGETITLE) | Conversations of a couple going through Dementia

Ch.89 Ron Reminds Pat of her Accomplishments

Ch.89 Ron Reminds Pat of her Accomplishments May, 2021. Pat and I were chatting this morning when I mentioned that her contributions Read more

Ch.88 Pat Outwits a Would-be Seducer

Ch.88 Pat Outwits a Would-be Seducer April 2021 It’s evening and Pat and I are having a nice talk. “I want to Read more

Ch.87 Spring Colors and the Lewy Body Lifestyle.

Ch.87 Spring Colors and the Lewy Body Lifestyle. April, 2021. Spring colors! Silver-green new wisps of leaves sliding down Willow branches; Yellow-green Birch leaflets; red-brown sandstone boulders Read more

Ch86 Lewy Body Helps Pat Finds a Way to Honor her Deceased Brother

Ch86 Lewy Body Helps Pat Finds a Way to Honor her Deceased Brother Several days after Kevin died (a sudden heart attack) a package came for Read more

Ch.85 Are We Still on the Same Team?

Ch.85 Are We Still on the Same Team? March 2021 The Lewy Body journey is a difficult one both for the affected individual and their care partner. Read more

Ch.84 Pat and I Go Shopping Together for the First Time in a Year

Ch.84 Pat and I Go Shopping Together for the First Time in a Year March, 2021 Pat and I have finally been Read more

Ch.83 Frustration! Pat Objects to Taking an Important Medicine

Ch.83 Frustration! Pat Objects to Taking an Important Medicine You probably know, if you are dealing with Lewy Body, that digestive problems are common. In Pat’s Read more

Ch.82 Why Is It So Hard for Pat to Make Choices?

Ch.82 Why Is It So Hard for Pat to Make Choices? March, 2021 Gee, I thought, we seem to be watching an awful lot of television today. Read more

Ch.81 Pat Tells Us that She is in Charge

Ch.81 Pat Tells Us that She is in Charge March 2021 Pat’s brother Kevin died almost two weeks ago. Kevin lived in the old family home that Read more

Ch.80 Every Caregiver Needs an Overload Specialist

Ch.80 Every Caregiver Needs an Overload Specialist February, 2021. Our twice monthly Lewy Body support group met last week, and it was my turn to talk. I Read more

Ch.79 Pat’s Younger Brother Kevin Just Died

Ch.79 Pat’s Younger Brother Kevin Just Died February, 2021 I heard the phone ring at 1 a.m. last Sunday night, three days ago. Then a message. Waking, Read more

Ch.78 Being Lost is Not a Great Experience

Ch.78 Being Lost is Not a Great Experience February 2021. Do you remember the opening scene of On Golden Pond, during which Henry Read more

Ch. 77 The Body Keeps the Score

Ch. 77 The Body Keeps the Score February 2021 Bessel Van der Kolk wrote a book with this title in 2014. It was a breakthrough book because Read more

Ch.76 The Gobbler and the Slow Poke: How Lewy Body has Affected our Mealtimes

Ch.76 The Gobbler and the Slow Poke: How Lewy Body has Affected our Mealtimes I’ve always been a fast eater. Pat has always taken her time. Read more

Ch. 75 Pat and I Watch a Movie whose Main Character has Dementia

Ch. 75 Pat and I Watch a Movie whose Main Character has Dementia January 2021 Pat and I just finished watching and discussing the movie Elizabeth is Missing, starring Read more

Ch. 74 Hoping for a Miracle

Ch. 74 Hoping for a Miracle Dec. 29, 2020. Blackie the cat sits on my lap as I consider all that’s Read more

Ch.73 Three in the Morning: Leaving Our Home to Seek Pat’s Home

Ch.73 Three in the Morning: Leaving Our Home to Seek Pat’s Home December, 2020. It’s 3 a.m. and I awaken to the Read more

Ch.72 An Emotional Roller Coaster Day

Ch.72 An Emotional Roller Coaster Day November, 2020 It’s become a cliché to say that the Lewy Body experience feels like being Read more

Ch. 71 Pat Forgets but then She Remembers

Ch. 71 Pat Forgets but then She Remembers November 2020. (Note that we first covered this topic in Ch.62: Short- and Long-Term Memory Loss, that was written in April, 2020.) Read more

Ch.70 How Can We Keep Pat Involved in the Conversation?

Ch.70 How Can We Keep Pat Involved in the Conversation? November, 2020. We’ve had a week of beautiful weather here in Western Read more