Steve Komadina
I got this from one of our class mates who is really having challenges with his memory and a degenerative brain disease. Jeff is currently living in Maine with his wife, who is being a wonderful caregiver.
I am pasting several E-mails I have gotten from him or his wife.
May 2nd
"Hi, Steve--
Jeff showed me your messages. Happy 75th birthday! and thanks for the invitation for the ZOOM call for Jeff. He is intrigued by the idea, though not sure he can participate. Unfortunately, the first and still dominant marks of his aphasia are an inability to recognize names and faces (if I recall, you are/were a doctor: what Jeff has been diagnosed with Primary Progressive Aphasia, semantic variant). I'd like to help him connect, though it probably would be without camera or mic, so please do send the link to join the call, and we'll hope for the best.
All best wishes,
Barbara
May 2nd
"Dear Steve, it is fun for me to read messages of yours in the Highland High School email.
Well, I must tell you that I lived in New Hampshire for 22 years and now 22 years in Maine. I retired from the UNH having led classes on European and German history, having retired 5 years ago, but now I really have a problem. My brain suffers from dementia, which makes it really hard to recognize friends or remember names. This makes it impossible for me to create new books, but also really hard to travel to Albuquerque ever again, even just to see people from that high school when we graduated in 1963.
And if for any reason you talk to old people, and if they ask you about me, you can tell them what I have just told you.
Best wishes, Jeff Diefendorf
May 12th
"Well, good luck to you, since my wife and I could not participate last night, 5/11. Tell everyone Hi.
Best wishes from,
Jeff Diefendorf"
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