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Re: So instead of carrying grief…carrying my love?
I think we all need to be kind to ourselves. We need to freely extend the grace to ourselves that we readily extend to others. This is a long, hard journey and we are all imperfect human beings. We d…1 -
Re: What do you do with your big feelings?
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74716/what-do-you-do-with-your-big-feelings no one knows how to do any of this. We just do the best we can. We all need to find ways to let our feelings out or to …5 -
Re: What Is Looking After Yourself
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/259535#Comment_259535 I think hearing this from friends and family made it easier for me to bring in outside help to give me a break. For a while I felt it…4 -
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
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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