When you are a caregiver, people tell you take care of yourself. You hear it so often that you think you might fight the urge to scream the next time you hear it. You are also told to relax and be less stressed. This is good advice for anyone but it isn’t always easy...
I don’t think anyone has written—or could ever write—a book entitled “Caregiving Can Be Fun!” It’s damned hard work, that’s both emotionally draining and rewarding. The best some of us can hope for is a person who’s good tempered and appreciative of your efforts....
When the weather starts heating up and summer fruits and berries start to appear in the grocers and at the farmer’s markets, I get excited to create some new dishes with them. I hadn’t made crepes for a long time so I thought I’d give it a try....
What have I done? As if I was the only one that had anything to do with it. The diagnosis was Stage 1A lung cancer; the prescribed treatment was to remove the center lobe of the right side and in a few months go back and remove a few little pieces on the left side....
While you are caring for someone else, it’s important to keep your own brain healthy. Reading that, you’re probably wondering how you can fit one more thing into your schedule, but there are things that you can easily incorporate into your day and...
I recently joined one of my dear friends for lunch where we spent most of the time talking about the health problems that she and her family were experiencing: chronic headaches, dizziness, drowsiness and decreased vision. They had sought the help of several...