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  • 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…
  • Re: F&$! Dementia

    Cindy, I wish I could give you a big hug. Waking up to that would make anyone cuss. There have been so many times when I have silently screamed obscenities in my head or out loud when alone and I don…
  • Re: New to group any advice

    You have gotten some very good advice above. You said that you had met with an estate planner. If you met with the planner with your husband, you may want to go back and meet with the planner alone. …
  • Re: Wife will not help herself

    I'm so sorry you're going through this. I would be burnt out too! In fact, I am burnt out and taking a medical leave from work. I have come to terms during my first week out that I have to go look at…
  • Re: Wife will not help herself

    I started that a couple weeks ago. I am looking at it like a baby step to full care and maybe she gets used to that facility or their routine.
  • Re: Wife will not help herself

    Carl46, Same thing here…have a HWD giving me financial advice and advice on everything else, and then will ask me "where's the toaster, how do I get ice out of the refrigerator, what time is it,…
  • Re: Wife will not help herself

    A recent PET scan revealed Amyloid plaque which is consistent with diagnosis. She has a neuropsych testing in March. Which I hope the doc's can give us additional information. I get that everything i…
  • Re: New to group any advice

    oh boy, today we were with a group of people and I was engaged in conversation with someone and DH just kept repeating my name over and over trying to get my attention. Like a child saying mommy, mom…
  • 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…
  • Re: Virtual talk on -Secrets to Brain Vitality-

    @v3 I am not the person who flagged you. In recent weeks this particular board has been bombed with random spam to the degree that legitimate posts have been pushed off the first page. As a result, f…

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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