Mom & Me Three Archive

...by my project of transferring the Mom & Me One Archive over to a decent journaling facility. I decided to take the opportunity to read the posts in an effort to continue indexing for the forthcoming Table of Contents I intend to set up. Wow! It is truly amazing to read the stuff I journalized two years and one month ago. At that time:

• I would worry if my mother awoke as late as 0945;
• She was getting out a little more than now, but not much more;
• We were having exactly the same discussion about using the wheelchair as we do now;
• I had finally been beaten by doctors into accepting the inevitability and necessity of coloscoping my mother;
• I was close to being convinced that she did not suffer from Anemia Due to Chronic Disease;
• Her diet was not yet nearly as stellar as it is now. She was still eating an extremely high concentration of refined carbohydrates and fats from nutritionally deficient substances, and was still on metformin, although I was in the early stages of monitoring metformin and trying to cut back on it;
• I was fully aware of her slow decline and seemed to be taking it well, although I had already put myself on Black Cohosh;
• I was just beginning to notice how my devotion to taking care of my mother was going to affect my social relationships of all types;
• I was in the early stages of designing the organization of this group of sites.

    It's not hard, of course, to find my own writing of my experiences, thoughts and feelings interesting; I've never hedged about me being my own favorite person. What surprises me is the depth of thought, width of detail and height of eloquence with which I consistently expressed myself back then. It's hard for me to believe that I still do that. I guess I'll be finding out, as I will have to index this entire effort in order to do justice to the Table of Contents I plan.
    As I've mentioned previously, that will take awhile. I'm in the first flush of rereading what I previously wrote, though, and I'm driven, so you'll have to excuse my absence here for awhile. I'm sure the initial surge of energy will settle down soon. In the meantime, if you notice that there isn't much news here, check over at Mom's Daily Tests & Meds. Today's breakfast post, for instance, includes a long discussion of her recent determined sleeping and my frustrated response which exploded today. You'll find, over the next days, that much news besides test device readings, additional pills and what was eaten will be posted there.