The Loss
I mourn the loss of someone who is still alive.
I see the same smile, the same twinkle in the eyes.
Please come back to me for just an hour or two.
We have so much to catch up on, things we used to do.
I looked to you my entire life for wisdom and for praise.
Now you look to me for answers, direction, and comfort these days.
I'm angry, I resent the illness that is taking you from me.
I find it hard to accept the stranger at times, you seem to be.
I'll remain by your side, through whatever lies ahead for you.
All the sacrafices you've made for me, Dad, that's the least that I can do.
Alznurse929
~Night Shift Thoughts~
February 2, 2007
Those thoughts of yours are straight to the heart.. thankyou..
I've been thinking a lot (so I can let go of it I suppose) about the impact my head injury had on my kids...I think when it happened and the months after they were mourning my loss. We have been talking about this in counseling and your blog reminded me.
Sad poem but a good one for me today!
My wife works with Alzhiemer's parients at the hospital.
I see them often and have noticed that detatched look in
their eyes. I've had Cancer, but i fear Alzhiemer's ,ore
than Mr C.! It is such a sad, and lonely disease. Sad,
because you lose a formerly vibrant person, whom you've
known all your life; lonely, because they still function
inside, but not outside. They become like strange little kids.
I fear it because of my short-term memory loss. I wish I
could remember what I was saying! Oh, that's a joke. Sorry!
Did you know that "Sorry!" is a sentence? The I am is understood.
A little English lesson there.
Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, Alzhiemer's is the sad disease because you have to watch the people you love most, drift away in a tortured world, of silence. You have the gift, Nurse 929. You are important to the world of people. Your writing is blessed. Bless you,
Joe
You keep blessing us with these little poems! Thank you!
May your life be treasured by all you touch each day!
ron
TUESDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Being lonely may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life, new research suggests.
Researchers at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago assessed loneliness and dementia in 823 people, averaging almost 81 years of age, for up to four years. At the start of the study, the participants' overall average loneliness score was 2.3 on a scale from 1 (lowest) to 5.
Seventy-six people developed Alzheimer's disease during the course of the study, which is published in the February issue of the journal Archives of General Psychiatry.
According to the researchers, each point of increase on the loneliness score was associated with about a 51 percent increased risk of developing Alzheimer's.
This would mean that a person with a high loneliness score (3.2) would be about 2.1 times more likely to develop Alzheimer's than someone with a low score (1.4), they said.
Autopsies performed on 90 people who died during the study revealed that loneliness in life was not related to any of the characteristic brain changes -- such as nerve plaques and tangles -- that are associated with Alzheimer's disease.
So, the actual mechanism linking loneliness and Alzheimer's is unclear, the researchers said. It's unlikely that Alzheimer's actually causes the loneliness, they said.
"In human beings, loneliness has been associated with impaired social skills. Thus, neural systems underlying social behavior might be less elaborated in lonely persons and, as a result, be less able to compensate for other neural systems compromised by age-related neuropathy," the study authors wrote.
More information
The U.S. National Institute on Aging has more about Alzheimer's disease.
Joy, this news letter was posted on my home page thought you might be interested in it..keep up the good work lady....
I'm wishing you all the best of Lovers Holiday--a bit early, but because there are recipes and memories, I thought I'd get a head start. If you are feeling 'loverly' and have some time, please check out VALENTINE MEMORIES over on Memories and Moments. I've also put up "A Dinner For Lovers", as well as the menu and recipes for same. If you'll notice, I also wrote lyrics for a Valentine song for MY FOREVER VALENTINE--you all know who THAT is I'm sure. 8-)
It seems the older we get the closer and dearer our loved ones become. Valentine Day always stirs up the love I have for this wonderful husband of mine and ALL the cherished memories of our lives together. We have been blessed. And so may you all.
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! 8-)