As a caregiver, it’s easy (and way too common) to feel alone on the journey. In many ways, we are. The idea that no one is coming to our rescue when we are in the throes of a Lewy episode; the feeling that the worst moments are the ones only we can handle is provocative.Continue reading “Help is on the way (rerun)”
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Stay calm
My role as a caregiver to a person with [Lewy Body] dementia demands I get acquainted with psychosis. A calm and contained demeanor is preferred to one in which I freak out. In a tour of an exhibit in which art and psychiatry crossed paths, it became clear to me that the psychotic makes meContinue reading “Stay calm”
Dr. Google
He’s probably famously the most frequently addressed “medical” consultant. There are lots of caveat emptors that go with his cred. Dr. Google doesn’t know your family history. Doesn’t even know you. May not be familiar with all the possible causes that led to your current plight. All that is to say, I am not referringContinue reading “Dr. Google”
