I’d earlier reported that a friend was diagnosed with dementia.
That’s changed.
He doesn’t have dementia. Instead, he has blood cancer which affects his blood flow and the oxygen in his blood. His brain doesn’t get enough, causing cognitive issues.
It’s early days. While the news has changed, we’ll continue doing what we can to help and support him and his family and hope for the best. It’s all we can do, and it is so frustrating.
Michael Seidel, writer 
Hi Michael. Thanks for the update. It can be hard to watch friends or family decline or suffer. It is good your friend has competent medical assistance and even better that they have a friend like you, who cares about them. I find in the world we live in many people find it easier to care about people a world away they will never meet, yet seem to miss those needing help or having interaction with the people around us. I have noticed that in your posts you talk about noticing the people in the coffee spots you go to write. You seem to have a slight connection with them because you notice them. Sadly today most people are just a sea of ghostly figures that pass by us as we focus on our needed tasks. Best wishes to your friend. Hugs. Scottie
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Hi Scottie, hope you’re well. Appreciate your comments. I don’t know about connecting but I enjoy watching people, wondering where they’re from, who they are, etc. It’s especially enlivening to see the young and old positioned together and observing behavior. What will the young look like when they’re old? What did the old look like in their youth? Just mind games to play when I pause in my writing and editing.
Thanks for the kind thoughts about my friend. It’s another facet of life that he survived Vietnam as a Marine and a life after as a deputy and sheriff, and this is how he’ll go down. It’s a mystery waiting to be revealed for all of us.
Hugs, M
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