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Re: How to have patience and not start resenting your spouse.
I am just at the beginning of a long journey and already can relate to the posts concerning the difficulty of feeling resentment towards my partner. I pray a lot!8 -
Re: Grief Differences Among Family
I just had this conversation with my step daughter. She lost her Dad. I lost my husband, partner and soulmate. Losing a parent is hard. Losing a spouse is devastating. I feel like I lost half of me. …5 -
Re: Support Group Cookie Exchange? No!
Thank you for sharing this, @ARIL It helped me find words and ways to express how I'm feeling too. I also got the cost increase letter. Ugh. My hand in yours. May we be well.2 -
Re: Whyyyy!!!?????
YES!! I hate f**king Alzheimer’s too!! This disease is terrifying and heartbreaking. Nobody understands unless they have walked in our shoes. There is an organization called Grief Share that has onli…3 -
Re: Different respite question
Hospice has offered respite to us for my DH, but I’m afraid to use it, even though I really need it. DH is so weak now and suffers from terrible anxiety if his very quiet home routine changes. I cann…2 -
cant do it anymore
I have finally reached breaking point to look after my dad anymore too many obsticales by his ex wife who is involved . if i walk away am i a bad person4 -
Re: Clinginess
Agree with SDaniel. Stage 4 and he should not be driving. We are lliving in a similar fashion, although DH is not clingy until late afternoon so I still have that time to be alone.3 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (213)
Good morning, I left in plenty of time for my MRI, so now I’ll sit out here and listen to good music. This southern boy doesn’t understand these Missouri drivers. I understand they are out clearing r…1 -
Support Group Cookie Exchange? No!
Just need to vent about endlessly unreasonable expectations…with the “you need to take care of yourself” heading that list today. You need to (fill in the blank) sleep, meditate, journal, blog, do yo…6 -
Re: So instead of carrying grief…carrying my love?
it’s been 18 months since I lost my husband Lonny and I am just now able to remember the good times. One thing that helped me is writing. I started writing about Lonny’s diagnosis and the 4 years of …2
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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