Life from a Different Point of View

Hey there again -

I had a patient yesterday ask me if I had read a book - that in and of itself is not that unusual of an occurrence but I really felt an interest in this book. She was talking about Still Alice by Dr. Lisa Genova. Its a book about Alzheimer's Dementia from the point of view of the patient affected. This is a disease that I feel is often overlooked and then the patient themselves is often talked about as if they were not there. Its a hard place to be as a caregiver and a provider, you need to ask certain questions but its hard to talk about a person when they are sitting there.

Dr. Genova makes this a very really problem as you experience the disease from her point of view. In a little under two years, the patient went from being a Harvard professor to a totally dependant Dementia patient.

I have seen and help too many patients and families thru this and it was hard to read, especially as I lost my Grandmother to traumatic Dementia a few years ago. Even as a MD, I had never seen and faced the realities of this illness till I had to live it and as good as STILL ALICE is nothing compares till you have to live thru it.

If you are looking for a heart wrenching story that helps you realize how the disease works - I highly recommend this a book to read.

Been a rough summer

Well, its been a while since I had time to sit and devote to talking to myself as Brian calls this Blog. I have had a hell of a summer. First, I had all my surgeries then Ella has had her tonsils out and then my partner at the office got hurt badly in a motorcycle wreck. I have found great depths of personal strength in stepping up to the plate at our offices time of need to help cover his patients while he was ill, because at the same time my other partner had to leave the country to adopt his daughter.

Like I said, been a heck of a summer.

Well, life is getting back to normal. I have been really pleased to survive and learn more about myself and my family in the process. Ella is in the second grade now and struggling a bit with attention. Brie has started kindergarten, and Cord is due to get his tonsils out in a few weeks.

We had our first fall calf on the farm the other day - a bull - and Cord has informed his Dad that that is his calf. He is turning into such a little farmer and cowboy. There is such a difference in a 2 year old and 3 year old.

Hope to be writing more and more often.

Had a Good Weekend

This was a good weekend for myself and my family. We got to spend time with friends from across our state that share our love and passion for agriculture and see some family too. This was the weekend of the TN Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Summer Conference. We had some learning time, some fun time with our Young Farmer Olympics, and some time to just visit. We also go to see some family that we don't normally get to see on Brian's Mom's side. All in all a good weekend. Now for me its back to work while Dr. Langenberg and Dr. Cox are out of the office.

Young Agriculturist online

Active on Facebook and Twitter even at TN Farm Bureau Summer Conference.

Learning about farming

Just found out that our Twitter hash tag is #TNYF and am currently in the college discussion meet finals. These four guys have some great ideas. Happy to be among friends and will be posting some pictures later. Good be back blogging and on twittering. Been very busy at work due to a partners illness and another having to travel to adopt.But life is still good at home with kids and on the farm. Still have hay to make and cows to raise and Bulls to sell. Love being a farmers wife and an American agriculturist and my day job is not to bad either.

Pictures of the cows

A day at the farm

Been a good day. Having to work more than usual thus write less cause a friend at work has been hurt but today have been to church and fished in the farm with my kids and now am inspecting the cows with my Hubby