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  • Re: DH now in MC - give it time-update

    I am seriously thinking about MC and appreciate your post. My DH is mid stage 6. I guess we never know how well they will adjust, or how we will, for that matter. May I ask…are you visiting or are yo…
  • Re: Who am I?

    Totally in the same spot, I've been in the middle of this journey with DW since Feb. 2019. I no longer know what it was like before then. I love my wife with all my heart and soul. In fact at this po…
  • Re: Who am I?

    I’m where you are more often than not. I also think I’ve got it figured out, then comes a gut punch. My DH drains me with his constant yelling out, “mother”, “mom”. Sometimes I say what? And he answe…
  • Won’t stay asleep

    My dad won’t stay asleep the whole night, we have tried different kinds of melatonin. Any suggestions?
  • Re: Downsizing with Dementia

    Almost 10 years have passed since we downsized and moved closer to my daughter and her family. We only moved about a half mile across town, but it was a big undertaking since we had to clean out a la…
  • Re: Where has my husband gone? Loss…

    Pauline Boss writes about this in her book Ambiguous Loss. It's a difficult form of grief because there's no ritualized validation associated with it. My husband is gone, yet he's still here. I could…
  • Re: Where has my husband gone? Loss…

    (((Hugs))) yes, it is sad and lonely. There will come a time when your DH will not be able to the shopping and you will figure out the next step . For us it’s curbside pick up. I no longer initiate c…
  • Re: Just need to talk to my friends (208)

    Tigersmom, I bought peanuts during the winter for Rusty. WM has them. He and his wife llke the sunflower seeds. So cute to see them sitting up eating them. Yesterday I was watching him eat the seeds …
  • Re: We Don't Talk Anymore

    https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/248491#Comment_248491 I can certainly relate to your post. My DH can easily drone on for an hour talking about his youth growing up in Minnesota and his ti…
  • DW Seizure

    My DW who has been living with ALZ for 7 years (64 yr) had a seizure last week ( first one) about 9:30 AM in the morning. The seizure lasted about a min and to see your wife in convulsions was really…

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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