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Adjustable Bed?
DH will (hopefully) be coming home from rehab in the next few weeks. He’s recovering from a fractured tibia. PT is rough because he can’t follow direction well and doesn’t remember what they’re askin…1 -
Re: Illness
BTW cannot take tamaflu or Plaxovid or any anti histamine so I just have to grin and bear it! OMG DH is coming to sit next to me yet again!1 -
Doubting my caregiving
posted tonight about how DH just won’t stay away from me with his awful cold - not Covid yay! Now have a sore throat headache sneezing and cannot take anything. I asked him why he can’t just stay ups…6 -
Re: How to tell your teenagers
Not exactly in your shoes but my wife was diagnosed at age 48 and her daughter age 22 certainly knew something was wrong. We went through a year of testing, ruling out a tumor, blood disease, other a…4 -
Re: Feeling So Sad
it’s so good and comforting to talk to people who understand. I like breathing and I too have a wonderful older brother who lives away and I think I will talk to him more often. Thankyou1 -
Re: Talking about someone in the 3rd person while speaking to them
My mom often refers to my brother as “ your dad”. I questioned her the first time she did it. She said she knew he wasn’t my dad and it was just a slip. I think that is true. Things just seem to get …1 -
Re: Feeling So Sad 11
My DH doesn't really know who I am nor does he know our children. He is now at stage 7. I have been on this journey for about 10+ years. I do know that the sadness never completely goes away. I do ha…6 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (203)
Morning, I haven't watched he news this.morning so hope all The awful fires are out. Thry were mostly between I44, the highway between Tulsa and OKC and I 35. The fires were in town burning houses, a…1 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (203)
Beware the Ides of March. Beth— The slide in range in that video is the one mom has. I did show it to her, but she can't get behind me ruining the look by removing the bezels. She bought her applianc…1 -
Re: Repetition
Oh my goodness, someone who is dealing with the same as I am. I am 71 years old and I care for my 88 year old mother who is in moderate stages Alzheimer’s. She has always repeated questions over and …1
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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