On My Own by Diane Rehm

Author:Diane Rehm
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2016-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

In the months before his death, John was eating almost nothing. He had no appetite even for his beloved salmon but chose to combine various vegetables, followed always by a big dish of ice cream. We laughed together about his being the only person we knew who could eat ice cream twice a day and still lose weight.

As for friendships, John had very few, and that kept our circle of friends relatively small. Once Parkinson’s disease set in, he manifested an even greater reserve when I would introduce him to new friends I’d made or persuade him to go out to dinner with people just outside our inner group. It was as though he couldn’t afford to allow people access to him, as if he would have to expend too much energy to be receptive to an unknown entity. My good fortune has been to be able to rely on old and dear friends like the Busbys, while making new friends like Trish and George Vradenburg.

The Vradenburgs are cofounders of USAgainstAlzheimer’s, a nonprofit organization they’re funding on their own to help wipe out the dreaded disease that is strikin

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