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Increased appetite?
Recently DH has had an increase in his appetite. He will get up during the night and eat. I find the evidence of this when I wake up. I don't always wake up during the night when he gets up beca…1 -
Re: In hospital and medicine
Hospice was here in the morning and said that my husbands lungs had cleared up. 15 hours later he died. There is just no predicting.1 -
Re: Repercussions from shunt surgery.
Very sorry that you had a similar experience to ours after the VP shunt surgery. Please find support as soon as you can to stay safe. With other dementia in addition to NPH, the improvement with a VP…3 -
Re: pre loss grief
=The discussion confirms, for me at least, that you have to live this horror with a loved one to understand it.= The is so very true, not only for research but explains the responses we receive from …2 -
Re: My Mother's Siblings
I can't leave my mother with her out-of-state siblings. They have no idea what state she's in. She's been losing her balance several times a week. A while ago I asked our Caregiver abo…3 -
The Stage 8 Club
I first learned the term, stage 8, on this forum just a few days ago. Never new what i would call my life after she passed. It has been a little over three weeks since my dear wife left me and the fa…10 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (210)
Hello Porch Friends. Eagle. I just read your post, I'm so sorry about your DHs neck. Hopefully he's not in much pain. JeriLynn. Your prison breakout look so guilty, with his ears held back …1 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (210)
Good afternoon. Beth I'd wondered if you'd see the aspens beginning to turn colors or not. It is fabulous when it happens. The most spectacular fall foliage I've ever seen is when we&#…1 -
In hospital and medicine
In the hospital they have him on serquel in day and Ativan at night he is on Ativan, at night He keeps trying to get out of bed but is too groggy. He is very upset and keeps saying he wants to come h…1 -
Re: pre loss grief
I felt that my husband’s Alzheimer’s changed the entire way I lived my life. While he was alive, I felt cutoff from the world as I had known it. It was horrifying. At the same time I was comforted by…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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