Inside I burn. This is his health. How can he be so dispassionate?
Tatty has headaches again.
He’s not a very expressive person and definitely not visual, so when he says he feels like a hammer is pounding in his head for hours, I know he must be in great pain.
If you saw him, you could never tell.
He doesn’t moan, groan, or complain. He struggles to put on his jacket, designed with extra-large armholes. If someone walks by and helps him, he nods imperceptibly. It’s the only way he knows to show appreciation to those helping him accomplish a task that used to take thoughtless seconds.
His headaches may be a side effect of the medication he takes to slow the progression of Parkinson’s. But I think they’re exacerbated by his diet. The headaches and dizziness make it impossible for him to focus on the written word. I tell him bits and pieces of what I have read.
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