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Re: Happy I can still find things that make me laugh
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/268080#Comment_268080 What first came to mind is how beautiful your wife is and that she looks so comfortable, no worry that her clothes don’t match. A pea…5 -
Re: Just venting
The creativity, quick thinking, out of the box ideas is one of the most challenging aspects of caring for a loved one with AD. Because their behaviors, statements, thoughts, etc. change so fast and u…5 -
Re: Happy I can still find things that make me laugh
My helper and I spent about a week looking for one of DW's shoes. I just happened to glance in a floor vase that has those fake ferns in our room. Right there all the time. They do do funny thin…8 -
Changing personality
This is my 1st time on here. I needed to vent. My wife has early onset and has mild cognitive impairment. She is still high functioning but has become very anxious. She gets riled up fast and takes i…8 -
Re: Imaginary People in Our House
MY DW is having many of the same delusions as a lot of you have talked about. Being that she just recently believed that some of the people she was watching on a TV program was in the room with us as…5 -
Re: Word of caution. Seeming to be normal is not being normal.
My DW was her own real estate company for 25 years. Even before she was diagnosed I had noticed she was mixing up the books between rentals and sales, etc. It wasn’t until I dug in that I discovered …6 -
Re: Devices or To ablet Apps with Pictures
My husband, who is still quite verbal, also once asked me for “one of those round things with meat” making a circle with his fingers. After much guessing it turned out he wanted a burrito. I don’t kn…6 -
Re: Happy I can still find things that make me laugh
Oh, @Chance Rider! How funny! Yes, we do have to hang on to those moments that make us smile. A week ago my DH came into the kitchen and was wearing his shoes on the wrong feet! I had to hide the smi…7 -
I’m here for you
We met in 2010. Married in 2013. Just the two of us building a life on conversation, travel, curiosity, and the kind of partnership that doesn't need an explanation. The diagnoses of EOAD arrive…19 -
Re: Imaginary People in Our House
My DW has 3 people she talks to regularly. A man and two women. I’ve asked her if they’re bothering her or scaring her. She says no. I’ve offered to get rid of them for her if they’re bothering her, …5
Commonly Used Abbreviations
DH = Dear Husband
DW= Dear Wife, Darling Wife
LO = Loved One
ES = Early Stage
EO = Early Onset
FTD = Frontotemporal Dementia
VD = Vascular Dementia
MC = Memory Care
AL = Assisted Living
POA = Power of Attorney
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