Information and opinions on Alzheimer's from Carol O'Dell at OurAlzheimers.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/7352 http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/7352/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/7352 http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/7352/11372/tensionand-pull Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:11:00 -0400 Carol O'Dell I was riding my bike this morning and needed to go down to a lower gear in order to climb a hill. Only my bike wouldn't oblige. I made it (almost), and then had to walk the last twenty feet, bike in hand, sweat trickling down my brow. I got back on and zoomed down the hill, only everything felt uneven. Not enough tension, that was my problem. My foot pedals just spun when they should pull.  I thought of the vignette in my book,... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/7352/11372/tensionand-pull http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/7352/11212/whats-word Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:16:00 -0400 Carol O'Dell We've now turned the words "Care Giver" into a compound word.Caregiver or caregiving (even though spell check doesn't like it one bit) is now one word. Two words smeared together. Apropos. Two lives smeared together. I'd like to think of two lives as a Jackson Pollack--layer after layer of lives, history, forgiveness, memories.Caregiving can be such a sterile term for something so natural. When the nurse's wrote in... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/7352/11212/whats-word