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Re: I am forgetting, too
For Sure…. so much I’m getting worried. I put the butter in the silverware drawer 🤨5 -
Re: I am forgetting, too
Horrible isn’t it. I make list after list, and have to turn out the pockets in trousers & shorts before washing I find them in my hand bag little scraps of paper, might only be one or two things …3 -
Re: Dealing with my feelings of resentment
Just a note to say that I understand your feelings very well. In the early years our marriage was more loving and compatible, but as time went on my spouse became more and more selfish. By the last 6…4 -
Re: Dealing with my feelings of resentment
I am in the same boat. I tried to leave years ago - I won’t bore you with the long story- and now here I am and feel stuck. I’ve had a very difficult past few months agonizing over what and how to do…4 -
Re: Dealing with my feelings of resentment
The resentment is so very real for me. How I wish I could just banish it. The fifteen years of marital bliss just wasn’t there. I soldiered on because of his drug addicted son and then a grandson who…6 -
Dealing with my feelings of resentment
I'm married to a man who was verbally abusive to me during the first 10-15 years of our marriage. When I tried to leave, he begged me to stay. I regret staying, expecially because of my children. We'…7 -
Re: I am forgetting, too
Oh ditto. Same here, I’m very forgetful and “scattered”. I think it’s because of always trying to do everything, while dealing with someone whose behavior is at times out of control. Our brain has li…7 -
Re: Joining with a thank you
Thank you for sharing. That is a very well written introduction. One thing I tell myself repeatedly as I am traveling this journey is that disease progression does not mean care gets more difficult. …5 -
I am forgetting, too
I usually am very organized, but with the stress of a DH with dementia, I am forgetting appts, lose things, and run around and getting nothing done. I know it is because of the caretaking, and am the…10 -
Re: Hoping he will forget me
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/73662/hoping-he-will-forget-me I actually hate my DH. He is mean to me and abusive and violent. I do not love him anymore Even before the dementia he wasn't that n…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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