May 30, 2010

• Personal Problems for a Change

  For many years my wife and I cruised along, enjoying the good life - that is until 2001 (no not 9/11 - rather the preceding March)

  That's when she was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, underwent a treatment which left her with General anxiety disease/Panic Attacks and later had a serious panic-related fall resulting in a subdural hematoma, resulting in permanent damage to her brain's equilibrium and balance centers, resulting in gradual loss of mobility. she has been confined to a wheelchair for the past several years.

  She has been gradually loosing strength and faculties: eyesight, speech, ability to grasp, other motor functions and finally she became so disabled that I had to call 911. the ER gave her some quick tests and determined Pneumonia and very low hemoglobin count. She is now in the hospital, being given regular blood transfusions and is scheduled for a colonoscopy on June 2.

  She is eighty-four and though she more-or-less miraculously overcame the Anxiety and panic attacks, the prospects of overcoming this last setback are, I'm afraid remote.

  I will be writing more about her from time to time. she has had an interesting life - overcoming a good many obstacles and enjoying most of it.

  If there are some gaps in my blogs, this might be the reason.

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