In memoriam: Wendy Mitchell, my fellow dementer and zoom-panel buddy, died on Feb 22nd after voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED)
Featured image: Wendy Mitchell (then 63) skydiving. Daily Mail. Wendy Mitchell was a force of nature. She was my role model of how to live fully and with joy even when dementia hamstrings your every action every day. After her death on Feb 22nd 2024 from voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED), Wendy’s daughters Sarah […]
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Published on March 14, 2024 15:12
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Field Notes on My Dementia
When I turned 61 in 2011, I was diagnosed with cerebral microvascular disease, a precursor of dementia. Since retiring from my job as the associate director of Gender Studies at the University of Utah
When I turned 61 in 2011, I was diagnosed with cerebral microvascular disease, a precursor of dementia. Since retiring from my job as the associate director of Gender Studies at the University of Utah soon after my diagnosis, I completed a memoir, MEMORY’S LAST BREATH: FIELD NOTES ON MY DEMENTIA, which is forthcoming from Hachette Books in June 2017. But dementia does not hold still. Like anyone with a degenerative brain disease, I continue to dement every day, never done until I die. Every time my brain suffers an additional insult, I have less brain power to puzzle out my remaining “self.” There will come a time when I don’t care or don’t know who I am. Until then, though, I hope to maintain this website with the help of my saintly and tech-savvy husband, Peter.
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