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Re: Heart Breaking
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/260331#Comment_260331 Living 24/7 with my DH and a slow moving VD i find it’s hard to tell when there is a decline. He’s still continent (thank goodness), …8 -
Re: In pain, exhausted, and resentful
@lisn2cats, thank you! "Childish" or not, I can truly identify with your level of frustration. The systems that are set in place will cause the sweetest, kindest, most calm Florence Nightin…1 -
Re: In pain, exhausted, and resentful
Omg, @pamu, that is it, core level exhaustion. I am, in fact, doing everything for her and for my own household, yet left feeling like I have not done enough. The guilt is horrible. The resentment is…1 -
Re: Heart Breaking
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Re: Heart Breaking
My DH has not lost his ability to converse, but he is in a decline that seems to be picking up speed. I feel your pain @Biggles.3 -
Mother wanting to leave AL - arranging movers
I just moved my mom into AL the day before Thanksgiving - not even two weeks ago. That day she said she’d “sleep on the couch” (I haven’t sold her condo yet). I said she was moving that day, and she …3 -
Re: Unprepared
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Beautiful video… they are always with us..
My step daughter sent me this today. She lost her Dad (my husband) August 2024 and is fighting breast cancer. Please pray for her. 🙏🩷💜https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1H4g5iJ38G/?mibextid=wwXIfr1 -
ER visit, then more decline??
Yesterday I had to call 911 as my mom passed out and gasped for breath as she was trying to enter the bathroom. She said she couldn’t straighten her back, so I got a chair behind her so she could sit…4 -
Re: Clinginess
I can relate to all of you as well! DH is 62 and I am 55. He is also clinging to work. I think his reluctance to “retire” is admitting what is happening and terrified about how he will feel productiv…4
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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