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Re: From Maybe to Reality
Maru, I hear you and many of us have been where you are. I tried fir a while keeping him involved or that was my goal. Unfortunately my DH struggles with the simplest of decisions, gets frustrated ea…5 -
Re: From Maybe to Reality
My DW was bookkeeper and tax preparer for many years. She did independent bookkeeping, kept books for two of her own businesses and one that we owned together and owned a H&R Block. She took care…5 -
Re: From Maybe to Reality
It truly does become one day at a time. My husband would stress so much about such things that over time I took over more and more and just didn’t say much to him about what I was getting done. I’ve …8 -
From Maybe to Reality
Just need to share with someone who won't have to carry my burden…i.e. the kids. Twice within this week DH has told me he isn't thinking very well. It is possibly because he has been working on the t…12 -
Re: Wife will not help herself
Same same exhausting just back from the monumental task of having an eye test. Slow shuffle along the corridor, a scary trip down the escalator, another slow shuffle to the optometrist then both of u…6 -
Wife will not help herself
my wife of 57 years has AD, MMD and high anxiety. She refuses to take walks, exercise of any form, stopped doing anything around the house, because of hip and knee replacements, cannot cook anymore b…12 -
F&$! Dementia
I sometimes have a mouth of a sailor, but seriously, to hell with this cruel disease. Woke up at 5am with poop all over the bathroom floor and it all over my DW’s legs. She’s so confused and doesn’t …11 -
Re: New for me
My DW was diagnosed with EO two years ago at 53, after several years of knowing there was a problem but never associated it with Alzheimer’s. The doctor said she shouldn’t drive anymore so we sold he…5 -
Re: Financial crisis in the making
dang, I get what you are saying. My LO and I have been together 16 years, I have the paperwork for POS but in truth I’m 81, he is 86, we both have loving caring family, I don’t understand the 1-8 num…5 -
My 93 Year Old Mom With Late Stage Dementia Broke Her Hip Yesterday
My 93 year old mom is in late stage dementia and broke her hip yesterday. She’s lived with me for 6 years and this is the first major issue that requires a hospital stay and potential surgery. I’m wa…7
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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