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Re: Heart Breaking
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/260260#Comment_260260 Juliette it is sole destroying and heart breaking but it’s comforting to know that there is a group of caring people that understand.5 -
Re: How to answer if your DH says he is dying.
Oh, I am sorry. This is very hard to hear, I know. My father increasingly asks me whether he is dying. It is somehow easier as a question than a statement, but I have said different things. For examp…5 -
Unprepared
With every decline, I feel so unprepared. I know what is coming, and yet each decline surprises me and breaks my heart. DH was accepted for hospice at home in September. I didn’t think he would quali…11 -
Heart Breaking
I can’t get over how sweet and normal my DH seems. Sitting watching Love Actually for the 3rd time this season, laughing really enjoying the antics of ‘Miss Dunkin Donuts etc, having a curried egg sa…8 -
Re: Moving to a Care home.
Ouch! Let it out, Big Papa. I know you’re doing the best thing for your DW and for you. Big hug5 -
Re: Merry Christmas?
I didn’t know whether to start a new discussion or tack on here. I too am spent. We try so hard and it’s so exhausting. I needed to go to the post office, according to the GPS 4 minutes from our plac…7 -
Re: How to answer if your DH says he is dying.
@Palmetto Peg : He is slowly dying. I think it is wrong to tell someone they are not dying when they, in fact, are dying. I think your approach of telling him that you will be with him no matter what…6 -
Re: STAGE 8 - There is no other side of grief...
I will be facing stage 8 sometime in the next 6 months or three years. I am finding that I am already going through a period of grief as I watch my DH slowly die.5 -
Re: Mom is about to be homeless, how do we decide what to do?
Thanks everyone, I truly appreciate all the viewpoints and advice. We will be moving her into the high-functioning side of a memory care facility. It seems very similar to her daycare with the amount…6 -
Re: STAGE 8 - There is no other side of grief...
I saw my life as I knew it forever change when in the journey of anticipatory grief of dementia, but it is now forever changed since my DH passing.4
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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