The purpose in writing these monthly chapters, is to help those of you who are going thru similar situations. We have almost twelve years of challenges that we have met. In January of 2003, We took a new caregiver with us and flew back to Arizona to say goodbye and put our home up for sale. We couldn't live on a mountain and play golf anymore. We settled into our condominium in Mequon full time and continued seeing friends, neighbors and get family support. I had to learn about taxes and managing money from start to finish. Some professionals were taking advantage of my inexperience, and I couldn't stand it. We had several caregivers, great in the beginning, and then trouble began. One was an alcoholic, one came late day after day, one turned out to be an illegal immigrant, another was so fat she broke our chairs. I went down to twelve hours a week. We were constantly changing, In 2006, we began looking for a condominium on a small lake. Our daughter lived in Bay Breeze, and found us one in her neighborhood. It was perfect, watching all the Little Muskego Lake activities from our deck. We bought a used golf cart to ride around the area, and had nice caring neighbors. We joined The Princeton Club where Guy had pool therapy twice a week with the aquatic director. The current pool did wonders. We went to the Ridge for movies, kept up with the Brewers and Packers, golf tournaments and books from the beautiful library. The people in Muskego were amazing and caring,. We eliminated our caregiver and looked into an assisted living apartment at the Regency for added support. It wasn't for us for many reasons.
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