The truth is…I never thought this day would come. Nearly two years ago, my mom had a massive stroke, leaving her right-side paralyzed with a loss of speech. The stroke was caused by severe artery diseases in which one of her corotoid arteries is 100% blocked, and the other about 70% blocked. She was previously [...]
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Driving Post Stroke, a Caregivers Perspective
Posted in A Day in the Life, tagged driving post stroke on Monday, June 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Caregiving: When Expectations Turn to Frustrations
Posted in A Day in the Life, Topics, tagged caregiving on Saturday, January 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
After my mom had a stroke, I spent months in crisis mode, doing everything humanly (and sometimes inhumanly) possible to help her recover. Now, more than a year later, with the dust settled, she is gaining independence and I am gaining some of my life back. As I was finding a new life outside of [...]
Caregiver’s First Family Get Together
Posted in A Day in the Life, tagged caregiver, stroke on Thursday, September 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This weekend, my mom and I will be going up to New Hampshire for my aunt’s wedding. This will be our first family get together since her stroke, almost a year ago. I am nervous! There are the logistics- the 4 hour drive for us and our two dogs, all the bags, the special need’s equipment [...]
Bittersweet Moments in a Caregivers Life
Posted in A Day in the Life, tagged caregiver, caregiver grief, caregivers life, caregiving, chronic illness on Monday, September 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
There are moments in my caregiving life where I can just live in the moment. In these moments, come clarity and hope- for myself, for my mom, and for life. And just as suddenly as these moments come, they leave, to be replaced by a bittersweet feeling.
I had a beautiful weekend with my mom. I had put [...]
Blame the Caregiver
Posted in A Day in the Life, tagged caregiver blame, caregiver guilt, caregivers on Saturday, August 2, 2008 | 7 Comments »
As caregivers, we often (if not always) put our loved ones first. We do everything we can to help out the person we are caring for. We help them with meals, we take them to doctors, we drive them where they need to go and most of all we are there for every accomplishment and [...]
Terms of Endearment: A Moment in a Caregiver’s Life
Posted in A Day in the Life, tagged caregiver, caregiver support, caregiving on Saturday, July 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Terms of Endearment. This was a movie that my mom and I watched numerous times while I was growing up. There is a scene in the movie, where the mom and daughter are hanging out in the mom’s bed, talking, laughing and just being best friends. One time when my mom and I were watching this, probably [...]
