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Re: Angry and Jealous
it is such a rotten, awful, dreadful, destroying disease. It not only destroys the person with the disease but can destroy the carer as well. Good hearted people say take care of yourself which drive…5 -
Love and Loss in Alzheimer’s
My Journey with this horrible Alzheimer’s disease is coming to an end now that my sweet wife of 55 years, Linda, has died on May 31st, 2025. I have learned so much about how to navigate this process …10 -
Re: Should we travel?
I've been meaning to provide epilogue for my original post….we did go on the trip and I drove, splitting the trip and staying overnight on the way. It was a very long trip but my DH did extremely wel…8 -
Re: The Caregiver’s Brain
Arrowhead It has been nine years for me too. I feel the same way you do. I would like to have a close relationship again but I can't now. Our marriage wasn't good for a long time before this disease …5 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (205) May 2025
My wife was well in Stage 6 of Alzheimer's when I placed her in MC, and would have had a year or two to live if Alzheimer's had been her only illness. She passed away suddenly, because she didn't die…5 -
Re: I'm Hitting My Limit
CindyBum, I feel the same. I think all of us do, or have, or will. There is no way to do this 'right' if that means fixing what's wrong with our loved ones. My sweet DH swears at me and complains in …5 -
Re: The Caregiver’s Brain
I will reach the nine-year mark in two months. There are places I would like to go to and things I would like to do, but I don't. To do those things alone, without my wife, would not be nearly as enj…6 -
Re: Brain Exercising
Brain exercising works to a degree after trauma such as strokes, partly by learning new pathways to do things like move the left arm. The new neural pathways replace the old pathways damaged by the t…5 -
Re: Brain Exercising
The brain is not a muscle. Injury and disease are not equivalent. Damaged tissue has the potential to heal; lost brain tissue cannot regenerate any more than an amputee can grow a new limb. I have a …5 -
Re: Brain Exercising
From AI: TBI and dementia recovery differ significantly. TBI recovery can involve transient cognitive, emotional, and physical symptoms that improve over days to weeks, with most individuals recoveri…5
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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