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Re: Missing at @M1
I just want to express my thanks for @M1's contributions to these discussions, including his medical expertise. I will miss his comments, and I hope he will join in again, now with one more valu…7 -
Re: Slipped right into Stage 7
I am so sorry this is such an awful disease not wanted by any of us especially our partners. Slowly watching them slipping away, so slowly like an ebbing tide. I cry every day. I’ve just been to chec…7 -
Re: Slipped right into Stage 7
I am so sorry that you and he are going through this. It is so hard to watch our loved ones deteriorate, knowing that they would not want to be this way yet being powerless to do anything about it. H…6 -
Re: Alzheimer's Progression is not Linear...
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/228952#Comment_228952 Sounds a bit like my DH & I think he’s stage 6, too. He is spending less time on his phone since I got about 20+ National Geograp…7 -
Re: Visiting a stage 7 patient
My thoughts are that you are doing it because of the life and love you shared together. Quoting a meme on Facebook - ‘She may not remember me, but I remember her’. Then there is the what if- what if …12 -
Visiting a stage 7 patient
DW has not had the slightest cognitive reaction for 3-4 years. She can still swallow but reacts to nothing else. She has excellent care. So why do I visit? It is no practical use to her and emotional…16 -
Keeping a list , documenting the journey
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Re: How long does it take for a loved one to adjust to memory care
Each and every posting hits the nail on the head. There is no explaining what goes through their minds. My LO went into AL mid-June of this year. He is very "confused" about almost everythi…6 -
Re: How often does this happen.???
I don't think my wife ever apologized for being unreasonably angry with me in 50 years, but now she is very concerned if she thinks I am angry or impatient with her. She is totally dependent on …5 -
Re: What to do?
I also have made sure DW doesn’t have access to any credit cards. I had her social security assigned to me and opened a new account with me only holding the debit card. She had one of her cards saved…9
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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