Author: ulhqnimy

life is a series of hellos and goodbyes i guess it’s time for goodbye again. -billy joel it strikes me how much of this condition is like aging in an instant, but really badly. people who age “normally” have to lose one thing after another- first their eyesight, then their memory, then their chewing ability,… Read more

i remember when i was in gaylord rehab center i went to the bathroom and did something i was incapable of previously because the nurse said “this is huge” again and again, but for the life of me i can’t remember what it was. apparently, that was a milestone of some sort. i just wish… Read more

“when the world is running down you make the best of what’s still around” sting, the police i had raisin toast for breakfast and apparently i dropped a squashed raisin and it stuck to my sole. when i stood up in the bathroom, i saw it just peeking out. i asked the caregiver to get… Read more

i think after being around for these many years, and living alone i’ve learned a thing or two about STUFF. when the staff who are supposed to be helping me (who are much younger than i, so they don’t know) are doing a task not to my liking, i speak up. some people have gotten… Read more

this blog is about my observations after i had a stroke that left me unable to walk, use my left side, talk clearly, and other things that i will get into in subsequent entries. this is a whole new world for me, having been on this planet with everything working sixty-something years. i was a… Read more

I am so glad my brother helped me get this started. And Guadalupe is fantastico! Read more