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Re: How Long
Thank you all for your kind, compassionate responses. Helpful, as always. I'm told we'll have the report by the end of the week.1 -
Difficult sibling
I probably already have a post with this title. My brother visits mom once a week and is kind and caring towards her. But! He dumps all his personal problems on her ( she worries constantly). He beli…3 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (203)
Hi cobbers Nothing much going on here. Still writing, now have found my niche in books for kids. Find it much easier than coping with sex, violence, and bad language! Had terrible sciatica in the lef…1 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (203)
Good afternoon everyone. I've gone back and I think I might be caught up, maybe. I heard a discussion on placing your loved one once. For some reason it became a huge debate if it was harder on the L…1 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (203)
Carl, the statement you made about "a gray headed old man", brought back memories. I remember when I was going to the VA for my last radiation treatment for prostate cancer. This gray heade…1 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (203)
Thanks for thinking of me Lorita. I am about worn out both physically and mentally. As you know my mother turned 100 back in November and she still lives alone, even after stern advice from her PCP t…1 -
Brussel Sprouts
I have been looking forward and craving brussel sprouts for a few days. It's hard for me to cook in the kitchen as my bf (45yo EOA) likes to be in there with me. I try to ask him to be out of the kit…8 -
Recent bedtime problem
We typically have gone to bed sometime between 10 and 11 every night. For a while now he falls asleep most days while we’re watching tv around 9:00-9:30. I try to keep him up a while longer or try to…1 -
Re: What should we be hoping for?
Ditto what the previous respondents have said. Acceptance took me a LONG TIME. Looking back on this journey the hope I would suggest is to make as many positive memories with your LO as soon as possi…7 -
Re: "Girlfriend" in Memory Care
I’m with @Carl46 as well. DH isn’t in memory care yet, but it’s rearing it’s ugly head and will most likely become reality later this year. It will absolutely break my heart should he connect with so…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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