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Alzheimers drug horror story from the NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/health/alzheimers-drug-brain-bleeding.html?ogrp=ctr&unlocked_article_code=1.UU4._7lR.3WFk8efLcVB9&smid=url-share I hope this link works but this is a gift a…1 -
Re: Angry
I was just reading the posts about being a private person. I am starting to think I am private to my own detriment at this point. I find it almost fearful to post.. I typically come here to read for …1 -
Re: Angry
I end most days beating myself up over my failures all day long. My DW is rapidly deteriorating after several years of slow decline. I’m now scrambling to arrange day care a couple days per week and …3 -
Sister is having trouble utilizing bathroom
My sister recently went into MC, 1 month, and she is not using the bathroom but peeing in a trash can. She also does not bath properly so she smells. when the help assists with the shower my sister w…2 -
Re: Angry
A month ago I was furious at my DH over something trivial that I could have redone later. I gut yelled “Do what you want” as I walked away. He said, “We are in big trouble.” (meaning our relationship…11 -
Leqembi
Just feeling blue this morning. Neurologist offered Leqembi infusions to DH with ALZ. DH is 90. It's 18 months of every other week infustions that will only delay the inevitble by months, not years, …5 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (208)
Good morning. Sunny with seasonal temps here today. Yesterday was brutal. Poor DS worked a 13+ hour shift as trainman so he was pretty wilted by the time he rolled in last night. They ran the wine ta…1 -
Re: How normal is it?
I must add to my earlier response to How Normal Is It. My sweet DH to me is going through a normal phase. He still puts his shoes on the wrong feet, clothes on back to front and inside out, two or th…5 -
Re: Wife has stocks in her name
I’ve been through something similar where my partner held some shares and we weren’t ready to sell right away. Transferring securities between names can be done, but it depends on the brokerage rules…-1 -
Re: The money is gone!
Sorry i did mean skilled nursing facility. She lived with my brother for a year but he works second shift and is really oblivious to her needs, so that’s why we moved her to assisted living. She has …2
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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