Tim Barrus Blog
Posts tagged with dementia
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DEMENTIA
Take notes. Many of the Boomers with HIV are now elderly. HIV/AIDS affects many of the body’s organ systems, including the brain and nervous system. HIV infection actually makes its way to the brain early in the disease process. HIV encephalopathy is an infection spread throughout the brain. The greater…
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Put All Heaven In a Burning Rage
By then, all back on the Same Train. I had seen this train and I knew all the conductors, too. You back again. It’s me, Miss Balance Finding Life in each lung tissue rain of spit and juices he blew up. Is this the same guy who walked in a…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
I contracted a fatal disease. Dementia sets in. I do get lost, and find it rather interesting as it is usually somewhere I have never been. I have a 16-year-old (going on 27) “helper” who does everything. His spelling is bad but he proofs my stuff which is always a…