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Author Archives: Truthful Kindness
My Diagnosis and Expectations
Tru here. Enough added people are following this blog that I thought I would clarify my diagnosis and share my thoughts for the next few months. LONG post! 2015 Update here >> https://truthfulkindness.com/2015/05/18/re-blog-diagnosis/ and 2016 Update here >> https://truthfulkindness.com/2016/11/30/symptom-progression-strategies-2016-dec/ Summary: My GP and I agree on diagnosis of “dementia” but waiting for confirmation from neurologist. […]
Crafts I Personally Use for Dementia Symptoms
Tru here. ((Updated 2018 Mar 3)) Remember that any Links are not behind pictures, but in the colored text. Definition of craft (kr ft) n. 1. Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency. As my introduction prefaced at >> https://truthfulkindness.com/2014/10/02/arts-crafts-dementia-intro/ I feel most “alive” when I am creating something, so these are […]
Arts ‘n Crafts after Dementia Diagnosis – Intro
Tru here. October was always month of creativity at our house. Trick-or-treat meant we needed to prepare gift for each house we visited. Some years it was physical gift like autumn greeting card, but some years activity gift like song or very brief skit. One year we did dance/acrobatic performance at each door for Halloween. […]
My Brilliant Scattered Conversation
Clarity of Thought: “I am not stupid, but at this rate my bits of brilliant insight will be scattered across space … like the sparkling milky way.” — TLK
David Kramer, Living Well with Alzheimer’s
These are recent excerpts from FaceBook page of my fellow Person With Dementia (PWD) friend, retired Doctor David Kramer, who is “Living Well with Alzheimer’s”: Living Well with Alzheimer’s Sept 26, 2014 at 7:31am: Words count. Those of us with Alzheimer’s and related dementias are very sensitive to what is said to and about us. […]
Robert Bowles, PWD
Today I want to tell you about my fellow PWD (Person With Dementia) friend, Robert Bowles, and what motivates him for living with a dementia diagnosis well. The introduction is by his daughter Ashley on July 1, 2014: I sit here a grateful, amazed, and proud daughter. … My Dad inspired me as a pharmacist, […]
Distorted Decision Making in Kitchen
I am not stupid but my thought process is definitely distorted and causes problems with my decision-maker. … the problem is that these are symptomatic of my decision-making process and I never know when it will become dangerous.
Nightmares and Hallucinations of My Friends
Nightmares of Harry Urban We talk a lot about what our life is like during the day time hours. It is hard and sometimes frightening. We struggle and get so confused. Have you ever thought what our nights are like when you are sleeping? That is when we walk through our Hell, all alone. […]
Dementia Nightmares -TLK
Reality has rotated; “Consensus” reality (recognized by other persons in my everyday environment) has stepped back and feels more distant — displaced somehow by vivid, ultra-realistic dream reality. … My night-time life is scary but rewarding … and exhausting. My life is very exhausting.
