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Quiet, Please!

Thank you to my readers who have taken the time to comment!  I truly enjoy receiving and answering them.  Your insight is invaluable.  I’m sure others reading have gotten some great ideas from them, too!   Recently I read an article which has given me food for thought.  I found it on MSN on their Sleep... Read moreChevron

Take Over the World

Everyday is a struggle to keep my short term memory as keen as possible.  Vascular dementia has tried to defeat me, but I am fighting back.  Recently I “discovered” the website of the American Geriatrics Society.  Perhaps some of what I learned will be of help to you.   The journal Psychology and Aging reports... Read moreChevron

The Problem with Glasses Is...

I have a new problem now…now that I must wear glasses.  AND, I may have some solutions!  Let me explain by giving you a little history first.   My first glasses came at the age of seven.  By the time I was twelve, my mother was fearful that I would go blind because my eyes just kept getting worse and worse until my... Read moreChevron

Holding On To Hope

For those with vascular dementia…or for that matter, for anyone with the beginning of any form of dementia…it is important to keep HOPE in their life.  This is not to say that one should expect a miracle, although praying for one is not out of the question.  It is to say that without hope, one just withdraws within and... Read moreChevron

Helpful Hints

Vascular dementia is just one form of dementia, along with Alzheimer’s, Early Onset, and others.  This particular form of dementia is different that the rest in that it is not age-related and its progression is slower.  In many ways, if I could choose a form of dementia to get, it would be vascular dementia.  In my case, I... Read moreChevron

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