| Introduction | |
1 | Bad News | 1 |
2 | A Life of Dedication and Perfection | 7 |
3 | MS Rears its Ugly head | 13 |
4 | Elected by Acclamation as President of the KBC | 21 |
5 | From Walking to a Wheelchair | 25 |
6 | Encourage and Allow Independence | 35 |
7 | It's Different When It's You | 43 |
8 | What Do Caregivers Do? | 47 |
9 | Dealing With the Desire to Abandon Ship | 55 |
10 | Overcoming the Paranoia of Pushing a Wheelchair | 59 |
11 | A Complete Change of Lifestyle | 63 |
12 | What Happens to Sex? | 69 |
13 | Wild Mood Swings | 77 |
14 | Coping With the Suicidal Threats of the Patient | 87 |
15 | Coping with Stress | 95 |
16 | Exercise | 101 |
17 | Be Careful About What You Eat | 109 |
18 | You Must Have A Life | 115 |
19 | Let Others Help | 121 |
20 | What People Expect of You as a Caregiver | 129 |
21 | Down They Go and Everybody Else with Them | 137 |
22 | What About Guilt | 141 |
23 | Trust and Its Impact on Relationships | 145 |
24 | Medical Costs | 153 |
25 | Housing Becomes a Major Issue | 161 |
26 | Traveling with the Patient | 165 |
27 | Shopping for my Wife | 171 |
28 | You Better Have a Sense of Humor | 177 |
29 | Going Out to Eat | 181 |
30 | Patience | 187 |
31 | Fear | 191 |
32 | Trying Everything | 195 |
33 | There is Always Somebody Worse | 201 |
34 | Who Would Have Thought? | 205 |
35 | How Is Karen Doing? | 209 |
36 | Try to Understand | 215 |
37 | The Dying Process | 219 |
38 | For Karen | 227 |
39 | From 1998 to November 2000 | 247 |