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Re: Anyone With Resentment?
I can't thank y'all (Southern gal here) enough for sharing your stories and experiences with me. I appreciate knowing that I'm not alone in how I feel. I share what I'm going thro…13 -
Re: Anyone With Resentment?
I agree with the above and retired teacher. Don’t feel guilty. The amount of work a caregiver does is enormous and exhausting. I had a great marriage of 50 years before this rotten disease took over.…10 -
Re: Anyone With Resentment?
welcome. No judgment here. Your feelings are understandable and common. Even some caregivers who had wonderful marriages have bitterness and resentment that this terrible disease robbed them of their…9 -
visit with PCP
We had a regular visit with our PCP today. As is often the case, our loved ones are further along than we recognize or admit. I have my DW in early stage 6. The PCP evaluated both of us and said I sh…15 -
New/old member back again
Quite a few years ago I was a member of this forum to get support helping care for an elderly family member. Unfortunately I'm back again because my DH has now been diagnosed with Neurocognitive…6 -
Re: "Girlfriend" in Memory Care
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/240994#Comment_240994 Kathy, i am so sorry you are in this Hell with us. I don't mean to make you seem selfish, or to present myself as some sort of s…8 -
Re: Hyperfocus on a Topic
Just pretend you're working the information desk at the mall and calmly answer the question every time it is asked as if it were a different person asking each time. I don't tell my wife wh…8 -
Re: "Girlfriend" in Memory Care
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/239595#Comment_239595 I'm trying to be okay with this. The past few times have been nice visits, no mention of the other woman . Last night, DH called…7 -
Re: Anyone With Resentment?
No judgement here. Safe place to post honest feelings. I am resentful because I retired early to RV and live a full wonderful active life, doing the things I was always too busy working and raising k…12 -
Re: Feeling Fragile
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/231093#Comment_231093 I feel that is me talking. I took my husband to his primary dr and after speaking to my husband. He turned and asked how I was doing.…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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