DAVID SCOT MUSSER

Category: Caregiving

  • Christmas in…December?? (And Other Reflections on THREE Years of Caregiving (!!))

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    David Musser
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    Y’all. It finally happened. Christmas in JulyDecember! Today was the day that we finally had our Sleep Safe Bed delivered! (after months of back and forth with insurances, social workers, providers, medical supply applications, medical supply personnel, decisions—endless phone calls (ie, waiting on hold, listening through queue after queue of not-actually-helpful robot answering services)—endless rigmarole…

  • The War Within

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    [full disclosure, I started this post over a week ago, so I hope you can track with me despite my publishing delay!] Wow. Since I last checked in with you all, the entire month of December 2023 has come and gone. Highlights: Lowlights: I think you could make a case that this was the hardest…

  • What Caregiving Feels Like…

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    Have you ever run a marathon? I hope your answer is a forceful: NOPE! Or just a good ole fashioned thumbs-down would also be an appropriate response. (Need I remind runners everywhere that the first guy to ever run a marathon died immediately afterward?!) Marathons are famously 26.2 miles. While I technically have never run…