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Hope and hospice
My husband started on hospice a month ago. I find it has heightened my hope that the end will be here soon. Sadly, a side effect is I am getting exhausted from the waiting. I visit every day and don'…2 -
Re: Weight loss in late stage
Oh yes my DW is in early stage 7. At the end of January I called in hospice, at the time hospice was called she was at 136lbs. Now as of yesterday she is at 115lbs. It's been a steady decline of a 21…4 -
Re: Talking to who knows
"Plus she ask's me, her husband, where her husband is at times." My DW and I could be sitting at the kitchen table, looking at each other, and she would say, "I haven't seen [my name] …1 -
Re: Neurologist appointment 5 years in
Thanks everyone! I appreciate everyone's insight. I definitely have to continually remind myself that no matter what we do, things are going to continue to progress and who knows if any actions we ta…1 -
Re: Four months
@BassetHoundAnn I’m sure there is PTSD for caregivers. I still feel ‘guilty’ that I’m not at the AL every week and that there’s no daily phone call to make, no supplies to buy etc. I’m still haven’t …3 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (204)
Good morning Front Porch Friends. GothicG. Thanks for thinking about me. I'm missing yoga, daughter and her DH are in London, right now and won't be home till the 17th of this month. I don't want to …1 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (204)
Good morning. I hope those in the path of extreme weather are OK. It's lovely here at the moment with rain in the forecast the next 8 days. Yuck. Nothing dangerous, just ugly with M-W-F appointments …1 -
Re: Infusion #10
Im. On about my 12 infusions on leqembi and I don’t suffer with anxiety I battle with depression. You are not alone:)1 -
Re: Infusion #10
I didn't go with the drugs but I guess I decided that I wanted to spend my time doing things and not becoming on the drugs too increase my time which I'm not sure whether he will get much more or not…1 -
Re: Struggling with Refusals for Doctor appointments
I simply got to the point that I didn’t tell him. I just said we were going to run errands and we would get ice cream when we were done. That got him in the car at least. Of course he recognized the …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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