To a caregiver, these symptoms—forgetfulness, lack of concentration, apathy, lack of self-care—often seem to be an emotional response to having AIDS. Caregivers often believe the symptoms would clear up if the person just paid attention, just cheered up a little, just got involved, just tidied up, just tried a little harder. But these symptoms are not [...]
I really wanted a “natural” menopause. I didn’t want to put something into my body every day for the rest of my life that by Mother Nature’s design wasn’t meant to be there. Of course, my regular doctor recommended hormone replacement therapy to me as soon as my periods became irregular, though I don’t remember [...]
“Not for everyone, but it does for many. Sometimes you have to take different approaches. The clinic had one teenage boy whose seizures were under complete control for long periods of time, and then he would have another tonic-clonic seizure. He swore that he took his medicine, but at the time of each seizure the [...]