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Re: Not taking it well...
Hi, I also have trouble with getting my husband to eat. Some days he's fine, & others he doesn't want anything I make. I'm a good cook, I get so irritated spending time cooking & then either …5 -
Re: APHASIA the sadness of not being able to communicate
Hi Biggles- sorry you’re going through this! We are going through a similar thing. My wife is not yet as far along as your husband, but close. A fair amount of the time she can still express her idea…4 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (202)
Good Morning all, sorry that is been so long but I had the flu and spent 10 days in the hospital. It was so bad that my wife said the doctors said that if I did not make it through the first night th…1 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (202)
Good morning! HB, you said how hard it has been for your mom to recover after the pneumonia. I'm having the same problem! My pneumonia was in November and my breathing has gotten worse and coughing, …3 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (202)
Good morning on the porch. I'm a little late but Go Birds 🦅. Time to trash the city. To be honest, the fans would trash it either way. It's a Philly thing. Judith— Funny you mention Jefferson, DH wat…2 -
Re: APHASIA the sadness of not being able to communicate
Thankyou for all your comments and insights, it’s nice to know that I’m not alone. It’s so awful, when I’m not tired I can cope quite well but today i’m tired DH was up on the hour from 2am then insi…4 -
Re: Financial crisis in the making
Keep looking for important documents, bills, titles, financial statements and take pictures for your upcoming meetings with your attorney. Yes, the DPOA can resign their duties. I wonder if your husb…4 -
This is TBE checking in from Stage 8
It's been a long time since I have posted on here. It's 15 months since dw passed, but never forgotten. Today I walked by a craft section and she was there, grief, just not as bad. So I would like to…15 -
Re: Dermotologist: When to Stop
These are heartfelt decisions we have to make and I hear you. Our very lovely Dr is ‘over the top’ with physical care. My DH said he was a little breathless, he loved the attention he got at one of o…3 -
Re: Dermotologist: When to Stop
I, too, have questioned at what point do you stop many of the routine medical tests that we’re so accustomed to pre-dementia. DH is in late Stage 5. The skin check is one thing I wasn’t sure about si…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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