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Re: Just need to talk to my friends (205) May 2025
up and busy doing nothing Ansel Adams; he printed some of his negatives for 75 years…each print was unique2 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (205) May 2025
Morning……… I just received a call from a childhood friend. Our mom's were besties and pregnant together with the both of us. So I can say I've known him my entire life. Anyway, he & his wife are …5 -
Re: Broken bone
Thank you for the comments I will follow up in a later and say how she is doing.3 -
Re: Has anyone had to make the decision for their parent to move to assisted living?
Thank you. Two weeks ago I had finally made the decision for her and was struggling emotionally with it when I made this post. Since then I've been working with lawyers, doctors, realtors, movers, an…2 -
Re: Anyone else taking care of otherwise healthy dementia patient?
Thank you for the update. I've been following this thread since you started it. We're 2 going on 3 years into a dementia diagnosis with my 96 y.o. mother. Other than her failing brain, she is otherwi…1 -
Re: Is it necessary for Nurologist it ask same questions that upset patient everytime?
I slipped our neuro a note to be tactful but no, He just started drilling her with questions and when she would look at me for help he would scold her to look at him and that HE was talking to her. S…6 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (205) May 2025
Put the car in the shop to get the headlight changed. They built the car around the headlight so it will take 2.5 hours and cost $500 to do it. I changed a headlight on a '58 Ford for $2.86 and ten m…1 -
Re: Has anyone had to make the decision for their parent to move to assisted living?
My mom is 91 and is in stage 5ish of the disease. She fell, didn't break anything but had deep muscular hematomas in her low back, hip and arm, she was in so much pain she couldn't walk. She went int…1 -
Re: Anyone else taking care of otherwise healthy dementia patient?
UPDATE..so 3 and half years ago after a brief stint in the hospital. MIL went into Stage 7 of dementia, she lost her ability to walk and was given 6 months to live, well that was 3 and half years ago…7 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (205) May 2025
Got DW's MC bill today. Room charge is $692 for three days in April. "Adjustments" is $7,254. Total for three days is $7,946. No explanation of what "adjustments" might be for. I …1
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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