%0 Journal Article
%T The Elderly Couple
%A William Lynes
%J Archive of "The Permanente Journal".
%D 2019
%R 10.7812/TPP/15-088
%X The Smiths were here again, dressed so nicely and polite as always¡ªTom¡¯s hat and Maggie¡¯s dress just so. Tom helped her with her walker, and yet obviously his walker was present as well. Maggie didn¡¯t remember my name¡ªshe always knew me before¡ªher dementia, just worse. Tom¡¯s PSA had doubled since his last visit. He looked so gaunt; his weight dropped another 10 pounds. He wouldn¡¯t take the pain medicine¡ªcould not help Maggie if he did. We talked as usual; they, as always, asked about my family, about my problems. Leaving with an appointment in a month, his disease was unremitting. I knew that he wouldn¡¯t be back again.
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6488198/