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Re: Focus on the Now, the Positive, the Moments
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/251020#Comment_251020 Please find a way to impress upon your family that you need to talk about this. I hid my MCI for most of the 5 years I lived with it …2 -
Re: Focus on the Now, the Positive, the Moments
Hi, I am 42 and I’m trying to give myself some grace as well. I keep telling myself to just focus on making new memories with my family and just live life but when I’m alone I realize this diagnosis …2 -
Re: Focus on the Now, the Positive, the Moments
hello, When I was diagnosed in 2021 I didn’t cry tears I was happy to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Sounds morbid I know,but I had doctors tell me that I was faking it. I live life too. I don’t dwel…3 -
Re: Focus on the Now, the Positive, the Moments
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/72874/focus-on-the-now-the-positive-the-moments Hello Vickie, It's been a month since your post and hope you receive my comment. My DW was diagnosed 2 years a…2 -
Re: Focus on the Now, the Positive, the Moments
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/72874/focus-on-the-now-the-positive-the-moments Thank you sharing! I was diagnosed last year at age 54 and I too am living like I should have all along. Proper die…3 -
Re: What do you to talk about with your LOs?
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/257657#Comment_257657 The love for my wonderful DH grows deeper each day I wish with all my heart that he didn’t have this awful disease but he does. 💕4 -
Re: Long Winding, Descending Road
@psg712, I am right there with you. My parents prepaid all their burial needs, so a funeral is expected. Once my mom dies, that will be the end of my birth family. As an only child, with my own only …3 -
Re: Dogs and Alzheimer’s
ps thought you might like a smile we did have our puppy neutered but didn’t use the cone of shame (puppy kept slipping out of it) plus DH couldn’t cope with it so I used a couple of OOOO baby onesies…10 -
Re: Dogs and Alzheimer’s
Early in my DW’s journey, about the time she was first diagnosed we got a puppy (see my avatar). My DW had taken a strong interest in my daughter’s dog, a cockapoo, so we got one too. My DW certainly…5 -
Re: Do I let go or keep going?
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/257598#Comment_257598 WoW!!! This was so useful. Hard to read but so educational. Thank you!!!!1
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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