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Re: I cry every day. I don't know if I can go on like this. Too tired to seek help.
I am in a similar situation. My plan this week it to see if we can get a change in his medication. Maybe something for anxiety. I have been trying to work but mostly cannot because of the sudden outb…4 -
Re: I Would Pay Money for a Little Anosognosia
My Dw can't form a complete sentence and as she is mumbling about things only she understands, out of the blue she'll say things like "Why do you let me live?" or "I don't belong here&…4 -
Re: Today it hit me !!!
@charley0419 It is sad, of course, that the golden years you planned for together have not come to fruition. And while, that's tragic, it sounds like your wife is happy in her small world with you an…3 -
Re: Looking in the rear view mirror
I don’t know. I think we’ve earned the right to be a little angry. I do my absolute best to be positive and grateful for what we’ve had. I’ve had a great life with my husband. I’m in a very privilege…7 -
Re: Looking in the rear view mirror
I try to spend less time looking in the rear view mirror, at least during the daytime, because the past is gone and there is nothing I can do to change it. When I’m busy being depressed or regretting…5 -
Re: Looking in the rear view mirror
When I do look behind, I have wonderful memories of a man who never wanted children, and at the age of 46 met a widow with two daughters (11 and 5) and never looked back. We have had 34 wonderful yea…6 -
Re: Today it hit me !!!
I can related to your feelings about the lost retirement and disappearing future. DW is in MC now and is happy there but I always feel she was cheated and I mourn the future we had planned together.6 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (199)
The faucet only leaks around it when I turn on the water. May need to be tightened or a new one. When they fixed the water leak it go t dirt in the water line. Cold water in the bathroom sink didn't …1 -
Re: I Would Pay Money for a Little Anosognosia
I know how you feel. My wife said the other day that she was scared to death that she was losing her mind, and scared that she was going to die. She is primarily afraid of losing me, because she thin…6 -
Looking in the rear view mirror
Why do we spend so much time on looking in the rear view mirror? It is so useless. We ask ourselves those questions that have no satisfactory answers. We torture ourselves with guilt, regret, resentm…10
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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