[Dave Berry]

I would have the most disturbing dreams that would wake me and then I’d be up for hours.  I was on 1 50 mg Trazadone but taking 2 makes a huge difference.  I usually sleep 8 hours now.

[Dave Berry]

I’m looking forward to the move.  We will sell our dreamhouse that we built 20 years ago and I’ve hardly ever gone to the top floor in the past 5 years.  We will be closer to our grandchild and get to watch soccer games and help with family projects!  We are going to a retirement community that we can afford.

I will miss having all the space for things we have but in the end they are just things.  They are not family heirlooms as we lost those in a house fire previously.

We have found in our next home a sense of warmth and community which we never found in Charlottesville.  We’ve been here over 40 years and have friends but it’s an expensive place to live with the  real estate taxes…..

The family will get to pick items they’d like to have.  Most will go to charity, our children do not have the same taste in stuff or the room.  I will miss some of the artwork and clutter.

[Dave Berry]

I was only diagnosed this year but I had my suspicions for a couple years.  When I start in the car I suddenly forget how to get to my destination.  I’ve lived in this town for 40 years and it’s a little bit complicated by the university pedestrians and time of day traffic.  I usually just start driving in the general direction without feeling lost but not having a clear plan in mind.

At first I thought lack of sleep was causing this as I was having multiple vivid dreams each night that woke me.  I take 2 Trazadone tablets now and I stay asleep but the driving without a clear map bothers me a lot.

[Dave Berry]

I don’t have any of the known genetic links to PD.  When I was 2 my mother treated the yard with 2-4-D to kill dandelions.  My brother and I were in the yard and I turned blue and was taken to the ER.  I have always been highly sensitive and grew up on a farm with lots of sprays and chemicals in the air (but not paraquat).

[Dave Berry]

I shopped a lot of retirement communities.  The cost variation is tremendous!  In Charlottesville Westminster Canterbury wants $800k to buy in. It’s luxurious to the point of being a museum rather than home.

 

We are going to Kings Grant in Martinsville Virginia.  A big 2 bedroom house has a buy in fee of $130k. Monthly is $1500 more or less.  The buy in can be done as a mortgage . Still pretty high .

My parents were in a place with sliding scale.  It’s usually full but there are many places like Green Hills in West Liberty Ohio.

Many places don’t put the fees on the website.  It takes some calls.

I would not suggest calling A Place For Mom. They call and touch base too often.

Happy shopping and exploring!