"I miss the person I used to be".
I drove home in a torrent of tears which continued for hours.
Wanted to bring him home with me but the nurse says it is impossible.
now have to think of gardening activity which does not involve bending down and is not too heavy.
This is just how I feel. It`s amazing.Reading the posts today about Dhiren doing home chores is delightful as if he has been lifted out of a deep depression.
The lovely day is over.
of course you are not past caring, and everything you do does have an influence though it never seems so to us at the time.I`m past caring [for the while, anyway]. Nothing I can do can have any influence.
(Dhiren)Came home in a state. Hot, breathless, unsteady, in a panic. Had bought a return train ticket to Manchester and realized he only needed a single, as he wasn`t coming back.
I`m past caring [for the while, anyway]. Nothing I can do can have any influence.
The lack of influence I or any of us have on dementia is the point. Should we not try so hard? Or should we still try but not allow ourselves any pleasure when something works.
Should we not try so hard? Or should we still try but not allow ourselves any pleasure when something works.
I feel empathy with the donkey who turns the water wheel. Round and round and round and getting nowhere. The water wheel works but the donkey doesn`t know it.