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Re: new to group but not to dementia
What an awful situation that brings you to this group. Not saying anything you don’t already know but this indiscriminate despicable disease is sole destroying. It leaves you doing battle on your own…4 -
Re: Input requested for oxygen use on very late stage dementia
I am sorry you are at this point and having to consider such questions. IME, oxygen by nasal canula is a comfort measure for her and also for you at bedside at end of life. HB3 -
Re: Input requested for oxygen use on very late stage dementia
My experience is with my mom and at the very end of her life the nursing home nurse said she was having trouble breathing and wanted to put oxygen on her. I said I didn’t know that I wanted that, as …2 -
Re: Just diagnosed
Steve, My name is John and I am a retired Family Physician who was diagnosed in June with Early Onset Alzheimer's at the age of 59. It can be a very confusing process dealing with the news and m…5 -
Re: Parents Against Me
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74570/parents-against-me Sadly, I on the same boat as you. In fact, I just got a phone call from my mom an hour ago yelling at me and why I came here. To not feel …2 -
new to group but not to dementia
Hi All, I am not sure what I can do to help my husband when he yells at me so much. I can't write DH because he has been verbally abusive for a very long time. He also has GAD,OCD and depression…4 -
Re: His Battle Has Ended
I am so sorry. In my own experience, when my husband passed I was blindsided by the depth of grieving. Instead of being relieved, all the memories of him when he was well came back and left me almost…4 -
Re: His Battle Has Ended
So sorry for your loss of your dear Joe. May the love you share and your wonderful memories comfort you going forward. 🙏🏻2 -
Re: Just diagnosed
Hi Steve, I'm 77 and showing symptoms for a while. I think types of symptoms and speed of progression is different with everyone. Day to day I do ok. I use GPS a lot, finding it difficult to rem…6 -
Re: Am l really losing her now?
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74541/am-l-really-losing-her-now So sorry that you are experiencing this with your dear wife. I too experienced it with my wife in the last couple years of her bat…3
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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