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Re: Tonight
I just posted feeling ‘tired’ and felt a bit pathetic aswell because I know there are many more suffering in a worse off position than me. This site is so good because you can vent and never feel bad…7 -
Re: Beginning to Resent My Mom
Love your mother above all else! It's not her fault she has this terrible disease. If your mom is still trying to hug you, you need to embrace that. That will be a fleeting moment with this dise…4 -
Re: What You Took From Me
Bill, you have the gift to put into words what we feel. Thank you. Hugs. 💜2 -
Re: What You Took From Me
Again, your gift with words is a blessing to each of us. P.S. God sees that you have noticed.2 -
Re: What's the one thing that gets to you the most
For me it used to be, “let’s go!” From the moment he woke up he’d start in about going somewhere, or going home. Go, go, go. Since he’s immobile, I’d use going somewhere as a way of getting him to co…6 -
Re: What's the one thing that gets to you the most
I would just wish that she would recognize me as someone trying to help her.12 -
Re: Tonight
I think it’s perfectly normal to feel the anger, frustration and sadness even though you are earlier on and you know things will get worse. This disease is hard at ALL stages - it’s just hard for dif…8 -
Re: Physical Aggression
This is an excellent point! My DW locked me out of the house during one of her aggressive episodes and I wasn't able to get back in until her episode subsided.3 -
Re: Tired
”looking for our other puppy”’ My DW would do the same, sometimes when we were walking our one dog she would suddenly look worried and look around and say with mild panic, “where is our other dog?” F…3 -
Re: Tired
My wife keeps wondering where the kid went. I don't know what kid. She is in MC so I only have to redirect her a couple of times while visiting. I used to like having people over now I am here a…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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