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Jul 18
Christine Bryden: A conversation about dementia
Yesterday, July 17, 2014, was the 5-year anniversary of Vicki receiving her diagnosis of having something called “Frontotemporal Dementia” (FTD), and was told she had only 6 months to 2 years left to live. I visited Vicki 4 weeks later. She’d been trying to find out as much as she could about this disease. One …
Permanent link to this article: https://vickisvoice.tv/2014/07/christine-bryden-conversation-dementia/
Mar 24
Do Not Ask Me To Remember
When we saw it, Vicki and I each wanted to share this message with you. It captures this time in Vicki’s life so clearly.
Permanent link to this article: https://vickisvoice.tv/2014/03/ask-remember/
Nov 01
Dementia + Drug Treatments: Complicated at Best
I fired up the laptop to write a post about a report our friend John Sandblom shared with Vicki about higher mortality risks with antipsychotic drugs often used with older dementia patients (U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s Public Health Advisory: Deaths with Antipsychotics in Elderly Patients with Behavioral Disturbances; later confirmed in Europe). But my post …
Permanent link to this article: https://vickisvoice.tv/2013/11/dementia-drug-treatments-complicated-at-best/
Aug 13
Elbow Texting: Call for Help
I’ve been visiting Vicki for a few days. When I arrived, Vicki was having one of the best days she’d had in quite a while. I haven’t seen her with this much energy in a long time. She told me she’d had a great visit with her daughters the evening before, and was enjoying a …
Permanent link to this article: https://vickisvoice.tv/2013/08/elbow-texting-call-for-help/
Jul 17
July 17: Anniversary of a Diagnosis
Four years ago, July 17, 2009, Vicki Wells Bedard and her daughter Beth were at the doctor’s office to receive results of Vicki’s recent medical tests. On that day, Vicki wrote this and more in her journal: I sat before Dr. Bazoki, with Beth, and we conversed like over coffee. “Your mother has …
Permanent link to this article: https://vickisvoice.tv/2013/07/july-17-anniversary-of-a-diagnosis/
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