Surviving the Crazy Twins

My struggle with the crazy twins that haunt me: Bipolar Disorder and Alzheimer’s Disease.
True Grit?  Stubborn Persistence.

True Grit? Stubborn Persistence.

Well, here I am again. Turkey hunting out in the beautiful, lonely, and hauntingly quiet plains of Kansas and Nebraska with my son, Byron. And what a weekend it was. Each of us, with the expert assistance or our guides, Mark and Mark of Beamer Guide Services, got two...
Surviving The Crazy Twins

Surviving The Crazy Twins

OK. Let’s keep this simple. How do you survive when you have two disorders that afflict your brain? Both of which can drive you crazy. And one of which has already resulted in your being involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital for a two week...
First Impressions Can Be Deceptive

First Impressions Can Be Deceptive

The first thing I saw as I walked through the door of the The Littleton Clinic? Pills. Row on row of bottles of what I knew were inevitably going to be vitamins and supplements. They were neatly arranged on shelves beneath the chest high window on the far side of the...