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Re: Don't know where we are in this
try protein milkshakes with ice cream. Let him eat sweets. Don’t ask what he wants just fix something and serve to him. My DH would say he wasn’t hungry but when I put the food in front of him he ate…4 -
Re: seroquel question
Has anyone noticed any side effects from taking Seroquel/QUEtiapine like tremors? DH's neuro thinks it's causing the hand tremors thus lowered the dosage, which seems to have reduced the tr…1 -
Re: What do you do with your big feelings?
Thank you all for helping me to paint these issues in a new light! I guess that's what we do with those "big feelings"… we reframe the situation. It's time for me to be the adult …6 -
Re: Sudden deterioration in memory and change in demeanor
Linda, I am a medical type, and here's how I think of dementia, especially ALZ. The brain is a central operating center, like the hub of operations in a city or a computer. As damaging forces ma…2 -
Re: Moved into Stage 4
Denial is common in early stages. It’s a defense mechanism to protect us from the awful truth of this terrible disease. Each new behavior is like a gut punch. Hugs. 💜4 -
Re: What do you do with your big feelings?
We know how you feel. Unfortunately, it seems the time has come already for you to stop discussing things with him. He can’t reason. His reasoner is broken. He has already reached the point where he …6 -
Re: What do you do with your big feelings?
It’s so hard CallMeGram SDianeL so correctly says their reasoner is broken so we can be kidded into thinking that they can make decisions or figure things out it actually gets harder and harder for t…6 -
Alone, A New Realization
It came to me overnight when, as is often the case, I found myself awake way too early. Thanksgiving came and went with dinner at one of the daughters home with most all our family and my brother…7 -
My Love is home.
Hi friends, My loving partner Luis of 6 years (46 yo eoa) passed away this morning peacefully in bed with me by his side. I am okay as this is all bittersweet. I am sad as my love is gone and I shall…14 -
Re: Hospice care
Hi: It's been a while. Tonight, my daughter and I decided to place my wife in a skilled nursing home. We have sent a letter to our doctor asking her to be placed in Palliative care, which is ver…9
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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