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  1. Natalie

    Update: Military Matters

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    January 23, 2012
    I think it was sometime in September when I shared about my frustrations with the medical evaluation board that my husband was going through with the army. I can say with a very loud and excited shout, “We’ve completed our part!”  Finally! After over two years of pushing through the...
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    Training and Reality Collide

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    January 21, 2012
    When I started college I planned to be a nurse.  At 18 it had not occurred to me that I’d have to give shots and clean bed pans.  All I could think of was how much I liked science and medicine and well I planned to be a nurse and...
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    Stopping In to Say Hello

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    January 20, 2012
    Oh how I’ve missed writing and sharing my thoughts and reading about each of your journeys. The past two months have flown by and I’ve written somewhere near 10 blog post in my head and then have been too lazy to sit and type. I’ve taken up the luxury of...
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  4. Natalie

    What’s That Again?

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    November 13, 2011
    Jared has been dealing with progressive cognitive decline for over 5 years now. His stroke in October of 2009 sped up the process. He’s made big improvements in some areas over the past two years. So why did the reality of what the neuropsychologist was sharing seem so unbelievable? We...
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    October’s Highs and Lows

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    October 21, 2011
    October in Texas is always variable. Fall has supposedly arrived but the summer tries to hang around causing conflict. The weather is once again parallel with my life. This month has seen some serious highs and some serious lows. Just two weeks back I was at my wit’s end and...
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    This is the Song That Never Ends

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    September 8, 2011
    This is the song that never ends…it just goes on and on my friend…. Ever heard this annoying little camp song?  If you ever do you’ll never get it out of your head. Well, hopefully I haven’t put it in your head now.  Doh! I used to watch the evening...
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    Vacation from My Problems

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    August 26, 2011
    What About Bob? Seriously, one of my all-time favorite movies. I often quote it and can’t quit laughing at myself (I do this when I think I’m clever!) for thinking of lines from the movie at just the right time. “I sail!” “Baby steps!” “There are two kinds of people...
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    Resilient

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    August 15, 2011
    The news reporters said this has been the worst drought in Texas since 1918. It is dry and brown and the soil is cracked. Although we have done little or nothing to keep our yard alive it is really amazing that everything in the yard is either dead or dying…except...
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    To Ignore or Not to Ignore

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    June 13, 2011
    If I had to list what plagues me most about caring for my husband I would have to say it is not knowing when a “symptom” is  a symptom. Headaches can be very problematic if severe but try asking someone with cognitive impairment to tell you on a scale of...
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  10. Natalie

    The Short Version

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    June 10, 2011
    (Editor’s Note: Today, we welcome a new blogger, Natalie, who cares for her husband.) In October of 2009 my then 32-year-old husband had a stroke. For almost three or four years prior, his family and I observed a general decline in cognitive abilities but nothing too extreme. Well, what I...
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