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Re: Assisted living
I pray that day never comes for me. I can categorically say that I will never be able to drop off my DM and leave. 💔💔💔3 -
Re: Neurophysiology test completed
All I know about worry is to live in today. Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is unknowable. Imagine you are canoeing down a river so swift that you cannot paddle upstream. You cannot redo the stretch o…4 -
Just Sad
I think this is the saddest and lowest I have felt for a while. It has just struck me how quiet it is in the house if I’m not talking or prattling on or the radio isn’t turned on. My darling DH with …12 -
Re: Do You Ever?
My sister also lived in a different reality than I do. Listening to her sometimes, I'd feel like I wasn't standing on solid ground. When I was with her reality always seemed quite fluid, an…3 -
Re: Wanting to go home
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/254995#Comment_254995 I don’t remember who said it, but someone posted, we’re all in the same storm just different boats. I love that and so very true. My …2 -
Re: Do You Ever?
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/255002#Comment_255002 Lonny was mid stage to late stage 5 when they started. Risperidone helped. He also started having spells where he zoned out and would…1 -
Re: Guilt, Grief, and Memory Care
Your story is painfully familiar, I am in the same guilt riddled head space. We’re doing everything possible to keep mom in a safe/comfortable/healthy place but I can’t help but pining for access to …1 -
Re: ALZ Caregiver Zoom
Hi. I am new to this group and am having a hard time right now. I am in one on line support group, but need more support. I would like to join your Zoom meetings, if I may.1 -
Re: Frustration and Delay getting ID
I think each state handles these matters as per their state specific procedures. My recommendation would be to call the ALZ help line and see if they can put you in contact with some agency in Massac…4 -
Re: Processing The Grief
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/254750#Comment_254750 I also have no family to help me. I am not in my sons' lives by their choice (very ugly divorce from their father). My parents a…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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