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Re: Anticipatory Grief and Multilayered Guilt: What Do I Do?!?
To Irene: this thread is from 2021-2022 FYI.1 -
Re: Anticipatory Grief and Multilayered Guilt: What Do I Do?!?
I can relate to everything you’ve written. “The long goodbye” is very apt way of putting it.my FIL is here at our home with hospice. I am learning that there are those who ask who really want to be a…1 -
Re: Anticipatory Grief and Multilayered Guilt: What Do I Do?!?
Hi, First, You are NOT alone. You say 'being a caregiver is a dynamic experience.' You are so right! I care for my mother & same thing, I'm sometimes her daughter, sometimes not. A lot I'm just a…1 -
Re: Anticipatory Grief and Multilayered Guilt: What Do I Do?!?
CJ, Your post was efficiently written, and I appreciate that. You put into words so many of the feelings I have experienced since my own mother's diagnosis. Particularly impactful were your feelings …1 -
Re: Anticipatory Grief and Multilayered Guilt: What Do I Do?!?
CJ You are not alone in your anguish. We are right there with you. Our families are messy. We have no help. Our emotions run the gamut of why me to anger to despair. What I am with you the most about…1 -
Re: Anticipatory Grief and Multilayered Guilt: What Do I Do?!?
CJJE: Don't worry about being verbose--say what you need to say, and take as many words as it takes to say it. (I used to feel bad about using a lot of words. Not so much anymore.) You've been naviga…1 -
Re: Anticipatory Grief and Multilayered Guilt: What Do I Do?!?
This is such a difficult journey, on so very many different levels, which your post adequately describes. If I could suggest one thing, it would be to know your first, second and third choice of a sk…1 -
Re: Anticipatory Grief and Multilayered Guilt: What Do I Do?!?
Hi CJJE, I agree. It was not such a long post and it was easily read since you did break it into paragraphs. Thank you for that. For openers, you are doing a good job. A great job so please, no guilt…1 -
Re: Anticipatory Grief and Multilayered Guilt: What Do I Do?!?
Welcome to the forum CJ, hopefully the community you will find here will help somewhat with the isolation. I can vouch for that. That's not such a long read, believe me! You'll see that as you follow…1 -
Re: I Miss My Mom…
My mom is also stage 6 (verging on 7) and I feel the same—I miss her though she’s here. I am in my late 40s and I still feel like I need her. Sadly she’s aggressive so visiting doesn’t feel like I’m …1
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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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