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Re: Just need to talk to my friends (213)
Hi all, just a quick update. It’s been 3 weeks since I fell. Urgent care did MRI and fractured another vertebrae, this one is above the fusion I had many years ago. I need to see a neurosurgeon. They…3 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (213)
I find that memories now make me sad. Especially if I am not sharing them, laughing with someone. I now dismiss dates that used to matter to me. I do remember Dick's birthday but I have no need …2 -
Re: It's been four months since DW died
My husband died just 11 weeks ago. ( I am still counting in weeks). He went from balance issues due to dementia and hospice and passed 2 weeks later. I struggle every day.6 -
Re: Am I a bad person
I pray that God will give me the strength and courage to get through each day. And many days I ask God how much longer this will go on, I ask for the end to come. My husband talks about calling his m…10 -
Re: Am I a bad person
I am not a religious person but I also ask a higher being nearly every day to give me strength to go on, to give me patience, understanding and kindness and love, to help me get through this awful jo…6 -
Re: Am I a bad person
So not bad by my thinking. When my husband died I fell apart immediately then felt an enormous sense of relief.9 -
Re: Thank you
My husband died 10 years ago but today my heart is with you. I hope you will stick around and perhaps join us on Lorits'a porch…alway room for another rocker.5 -
Re: It's been four months since DW died
Takes a lot of time to reconcile with grief…..3 -
Re: Am I a bad person
you are not a bad person at all for thinking this. My mother has been in an advanced stage of dementia for the past 10 years. she is 94. every day is a living nightmare at my home and I hope the same…8 -
Am I a bad person
I wake up every morning and pray that God gives me the strength and patience to get through another day of caring for my DW. She is in late stage 5/ early stage 6 and we have been on this journey a l…13
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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