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Update on DW
I haven't been around in a while but thought I'd post and update on how my DW is doing. She has been in MC and hospice for over a year now and on comfort meds. MC has been both good and bad…18 -
Re: The pain of living with ALZ
So sorry you too have experienced this moment. It is and was for me the hardest moment in this journey for sure and the one you don’t forget. So hard to believe it has robbed my DH of any memory of o…7 -
Re: The pain of living with ALZ
It was one of the hardest things on this journey. I knew it was coming but I thought that we had been through so much already that it wouldn't bother me. I was wrong. I made a latte every mornin…10 -
Re: Significant other confusion
Yes. We went through a time when he thought there was more than one of me. It confused him but to him it was real. That was one of the things, along with forgetting we were married that really made m…1 -
Re: The pain of living with ALZ
Oh my I’m so sorry this disease is ghastly, it’s the saddest thing ever especially the first time they forget the person they live the most and who loves them.3 -
Re: Significant other confusion
I've just registered for this board. My wife (65) has Alzheimer's and I guess is probably in stage four. I'm replying to this thread because for the past month, she has been forgetting…4 -
Re: Am l really losing her now?
Windsock, I'm experiencing nearly the same thing with my DW. I posted about it in another thread. We are younger than you (I'm 67 and she's 65) and I go to sleep not knowing who I will…4 -
Re: Am l really losing her now?
This is a horrible journey - with no road map. It's hard to enjoy the good times when you anticipate the bad times coming, but unsure of what they will look like. Prayers to both of you.3 -
Re: The pain of living with ALZ
….. cont. sorry pressed the wrong button. (It should read the person they love the most and who loves them). The first time my DH asked “who are you” my knees buckled under me, I dissolved into tears…7 -
The pain of living with ALZ
Tonight was the hardest night so far. Which makes it the hardest day. Of the hardest week. Of the hardest month. Of the hardest year. So far. He forgot me for the first time. He promised he wouldn�…20
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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