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Re: Holidays are the worst
Yes, the 4th is drawing to a close but DW and I haven't left the house. She spent the day wandering the house or resting in bed. She won't even watch her favorite baseball team any more. Isn't intere…9 -
Re: Nobody can be relied on. Nobody.
Emotionally speaking, I have been where you are before. You're in the middle of a battle for information that involves bureaucratic offices, medical offices, sometimes law offices, your family, your …1 -
Re: I am just so sad
I am very sorry for your loss, Jazzma. I still wonder how I will live my life without my DH who passed last October. The terrible waves of pain never diminish, but they become a little less frequent …1 -
Re: I am just so sad
Jazzma, I am so sorry that you have joined us in Stage 8. I lost my husband nine months ago to mixed dementia, ALZ and VD, and the shock of his loss is still palpable. I had only three years and thre…2 -
Re: Numb to other causes of sadness now?
I am so sorry for the loss of your mother. When my mother died the poor delivery chap brought flowers to the door and was greeted with tears and me blabbering I don’t want flowers I want my mother ba…4 -
Re: Am I going to die?
My sister also had early onset and FTD (she was diagnosed at age 58). She also would ask me periodically if she was going to die of this. I'd always respond with some variant of "of course not!&…5 -
Re: Am I going to die?
My DH used to ask that question and I would emphatically say “no, you are not.” I would give him a kiss and quickly move on to something else. Sometimes I would say “not on my watch you aren’t.” What…2 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (208)
Good Morning and Happy 4th of July Porch Friends! The day is about to get away from me already. I have Salted Caramel brownies in the oven for later today. My DD and her grown children + my 6 yr old …1 -
Numb to other causes of sadness now?
I’ve been grieving and sad since my husband’s diagnosis last month. This week, my mother unexpectedly passed. I cried the day she died. But then I haven’t been crying about that. I wonder if I’m emot…8 -
Re: She walked out
was she diagnosed with Dementia? If so you can’t make anything clear to her. Neither does she understand time. She won’t understand temporary vs permanent. The disease prevents her from doing so. She…3
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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