One day when I was 17, I happened to be home alone with my father. As a result of three strokes a year earlier, Dad was paralysed on his right side and had lost his speech. On this particular day, I remember in vivid detail walking down the hall into
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Illness Experiences + Emotions = Treatment Choices
Me with my Dad One day when I was 17, I was home alone with my Dad. I was lying on my bed reading and Dad was in his living room arm chair. At that time, my father was paralyzed on his right side from a series a strokes and
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: DIANE’S STORY
I am so pleased to share a personal caregiver story from Diane today. Diane’s husband Bob had a devastating stroke and sadly passed away in 2015. Diane shares her wisdom with us today. I’m grateful for stories of stroke caregiving because my Dad had three strokes and after living for
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Remembering My Father Today
Today is Remembrance Day in Canada, Veteran’s Day in the United States. Today I remember my father, James Edward Thomson, who fought in Europe with the Royal Montreal Regiment and won an award for bravery from King George and was mentioned in dispatches. Near Antwerp, my Dad was off-duty and
Continue readingcartoon life: My stone age blood
The Prothrombin 20210 Allele is apparently traceable to some 20,000 years ago. This is late Pleistocene. This is late Stone Age. Hunter gatherer’s. My ancestors have been in Europe a very long time. First records of my family in Italy are from the late 1800’s, the house on Borgo Nouvo,
Continue readingcartoon life: More on the hopefully boring and uninteresting state of me
In My biggest disappointment is that I didn’t gain any superpowers I mentioned the surprise incident. All the puzzles bits aren’t yet in place, but it looks like a seizure caused by a warning stroke, or a TIA, or Transient Ischemic Attack. The bubble test, where they run some oxygenated
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