Alzheimer's Canyon: Sky: Store 1

Monday, June 5, 2017

Sky: Store 1

Alzheimer's, you are so slow.

I can run circles around you if I want to.

To prove it, I just drew a clock ….

….took 19 seconds…

And it wasn’t a bit difficult !!

Unlike at the store yesterday: $6.41

First, I hand over a five and a one.

I’d brought some change from home.

So, I dump a few coins on the counter:

Quarters, nickels, dimes and 2 pennies

Uh-oh

My mind gets seriously busy, jangling

Way too many possibilities …

Most of them skyrocketing over $0.41

Others not enough.

The store clerk is patient,

Watching me pushing the coins

Around.

And around.

3 comments:

Dorothy MammenJune 5, 2017 at 9:05 PM
Why does change get hard ... what a puzzle ... anyway ... put those coins that just won't add up in your palm and let the store clerk pick out the right ones?
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AnonymousSeptember 25, 2017 at 7:18 AM
"Sort of like a foreign country"

...yeah. The way you describe Alzheimer's, it sounds like visiting a foreign country and, just as you begin to be used to the money and know a few phrases and get familiar with the streets and trains at least enough to get back to your lodgings, you're on to the next leg of your trip and plunked down in a new country. Amy
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As of May 2018, there are now over 100 subscribers to our blog. And by "our" we mean not just Sky and Jane, but also everyone who reads and generally follows along with this journey into dementia. We read every single comment you all add with great interest. Please feel free to chime in.

We've learned a lot from your comments and expect to learn more as the journey unfolds. We've found it is too much try to reply individually to each comment on the blog, especially in a timely manner.....remember... some of these words, like the brain behind them, may have "loosed their anchors to time."

For new or bemused readers, this blog has two simultaneous threads going on at the same time. Some written by Sky, who is living with a diagnosis of "Probable Early Alzheimer's Disease." Some are written by Jane, who has been living with Sky for over 30 years. She holds the complicated position of primary care-partner.

The bulk of the posts are reflections on real-life challenges, adventures, surprises and their attendant emotions and changes. When you open the blog you will see a small selection of a small selection of the most recent posts. Most of these lead to a READ MORE button which will get you to the rest of the post. Feel free to jump around.

The other part of the blog is a more fantastical story, called Alzheimer's Canyon, about a regular guy, innocently traveling life's highway, who unexpectedly ends up in an exceedingly bizarre place called Alzheimer's Canyon. It is important to read these episodes in order. Here's how: Scroll down to the list called LABELS, on the right-hand sidebar. Click on the Label called Alzheimer's Canyon and you will see all the episodes. Don't forget to visit them in order, starting with "The Arrival." All the other episodes will be obvious from the number in their titles.

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