I thought we had a great class discussion about exercise and the things that makes it hard and why living a healthy lifestyle has many challenges. I know how hard it is to stay in shape and get back into shape. I work hard to not let myself get to out of shape because I know how hard it is to start getting back into exercising. I liked how we talked about that there are so many ways to lead healthly lifestyles and that everyone has an opinion on what is the best way to do so. I can't agree more with the fact that it is so much better to find something you enjoy to keep yourself active or else that can be just torture. Also I believe goals can really drive you to become what you want to be physically. But goals must be reasonable as well.
I met with Dennis this week for a couple hours and got to know about him and his situation. He is very willing to talk about just about anything. He is very away of his condition and realistic in his views of what are important at this stage in his life. I tried to point out the good things he still can do to keep his autonomy but he seems to be needing more assistance and time continues.
We were going to work on a book about him but he wanted to tell us some stories and I think he just really enjoyed being able to tell us about all the things he used to be capable of and how much of a awesome guy he was. He also talked some about his family and what they are doing now but mainly about himself and some great stories. I can definitly tell he is in a stage where he is evaluating what he has done in his life and some things that once might have been important to him are no longer very important at all. He expressed some signs of depression when he talked about his arms and how strong he used to be and now he can barely control them. I felt that this was therapeutic for sure. I feel that we are definitly making a difference to him and he expressed how much he appreciated our time.
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