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  • Re: First Post

    @blacksparky our lab just asked if she could move to your house! 😁
  • Re: Anyone With Resentment?

    Oh, I feel I’m the Queen of Resentment! My husband is lost in Altzheimers. I have no idea who he is anymore. I’m trying to hold on to my faith, but no matter how much I pray, I’m not sure if the Lord…
  • Re: Anyone With Resentment?

    https://alzconnected.org/discussion/72805/anyone-with-resentment I TOTALLY get it! My husband and I did not have a good marriage, and now I am wiping his bottom as he gets annoyed with me. I am resen…
  • Re: Anyone With Resentment?

    https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/240927#Comment_240927 "I wish I could talk to someone but when I tried that he accused me of talking about him behind his back." I have been in e…
  • Re: Anyone With Resentment?

    My DH has EO Alz and he is only stage 4/5. He is 50… I’m 43. Still raising kids. I am SO resentful that my experience as a mother and my kids’ childhoods are all about his dementia. Our lives have be…
  • Re: First Post

    It is indeed a devastating road we are on. I keep reminding myself, it’s not him, it’s the disease that I’m angry at. Instead of spending so much of our precious time being angry at the disease, I’m …
  • Learning to live with the sadness

    That's what I was thinking about driving home from MC today. DH has been in MC for 15 months and I am still so very lonely at times that I start crying. I thought he was adjusting well after a r…
  • Re: Anyone With Resentment?

    https://alzconnected.org/discussion/72805/anyone-with-resentment I could have written this post. I feel bad that we are in this situation but then realize he can’t help it. We have been married for 4…
  • Re: Anyone With Resentment?

    https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/241132#Comment_241132 Thank You…. I’m just so darn alone💜
  • Re: First Post

    I remember being where you are at the beginning. It can be overwhelming. Make sure you have power of attorney for both medical and financial. And during all that, you deal with the emotional upheaval…

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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