Surviving the Crazy Twins

My struggle with the crazy twins that haunt me: Bipolar Disorder and Alzheimer’s Disease.

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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 "visit"? And the...

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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...

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It’s Official!  The Curse Of The Living Dead

It’s Official! The Curse Of The Living Dead

Donepezil. Now, how would you pronounce that? "done-PEZIL?" WRONG! The fact sheet that came with the little bottle of innocuous looking pills that I picked up the other day says it's (doh-NEP-eh-zil). OK. But, how bad can that be? Well, not that bad, I guess. Until...

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It’s Not Just Physical Health.  It’s Also Mental.

It’s Not Just Physical Health. It’s Also Mental.

Now, this is the kind of post that could get me in hot water. For all kinds of reasons. Cold hearted. Self-serving. You can probably come up with more reasons yourself without much trouble. My argument? That the COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted more harm because of the...

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Wrong Question.  Right Answer.

Wrong Question. Right Answer.

Of course, I don't remember how the notion of revisiting the movie, Tender Mercies, occurred to me a week or two ago. But I'm glad it did. Despite his storied career, it was the only movie for which Robert Duvall won the Academy Award for Best Actor. And that was back...

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Memory’s The First Thing To Go.  What Was The Second Again?

Memory’s The First Thing To Go. What Was The Second Again?

We had a family powwow over Christmas to discuss my memory. Along with other issues relating to my wife's and my advancing years. And, believe you me, this getting old stuff isn't for sissies. Our son, Byron, who works at Google, had driven home from Omaha; we don't...

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