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Re: Repercussions from shunt surgery.
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/253334#Comment_253334 Please don’t blame yourself. You were making the best decision you could with the information you had. You were hopeful it would help…1 -
Re: The Stage 8 Club
I am so sorry to learn that your beloved wife has died. Stage 8 is brutal, even more brutal because our loved one is no longer here to be our support. I am doubly in Stage 8. My husband died January …3 -
Re: When siblings do not help
I have so many posts here about my difficult brother. It is so hard. A difficult situation really shows a person’s true colors. Even then we try to see the good in people. I knew from the start my br…1 -
For any CALPERS retirees and caregivers of
We have been married for 37 yrs, my husband has had several strokes and has VD. Luckily his memory is still intact, he is capable of carrying on a conversation, understanding and can make his own dec…1 -
Re: Geriatric Psychologist
I'm referring to someone that can help you prepare what's to come, how to be a caregiver and coping with it. My friend told me about that kind of psychologist. To learn all about the diseas…1 -
Re: Patience...
Stop! Take a day and do nothing. No cleaning cooking . Breath take a walk get grand or kid to spend day with hubby. Easier said than done but try. You need a you day.4 -
65 days in memory care
I haven't posted in a while, but I thought I would tell the story of my DH's adjustment to MC and ask you all a question. He had a very rough time for the first three weeks, then slowly beg…1 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (210)
Lorita. Your thinking about a nap, I just got up from a 2 hour nap. My arm is still sore, so I'm taking it slow today. We will be driving in 2 cars, my SIL, in his big Bronco, with his big dog F…3 -
Fairly new to this dementia thing...
Just for some background, my DH's geriatrician recently diagnosed him with vascular dementia, based on the fact that he had a stroke 3-1/2 years ago. At the time we were told that the only outco…3 -
Re: Patience...
when my husband was diagnosed with AD at 59 I told myself I can’t do this. This can’t happen to us and I was a mess. He had a wonderful job, he just built our retirement home and we were getting read…8
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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