When you get diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease — or any time thereafter — you have a choice.

You can wallow around thinking life is over and you are sick and you will never live well again because everything is changing.

Or you can go with the flow and let yourself be happy and live well, albeit differently than before.

I try to flow into what is possible every day. And enjoy it,

These are my criteria for living well with dementia. These work for me. Maybe they will work for you. Or maybe you will develop your own criteria, a very good idea.

And, achieving as much as you can, not some absolute level, is a reason to award yourself an A+++++.

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