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Re: Just sad! Rant.
((marier)) All I can offer is a hug and tell you that I get it. There are days when all I do is cry. Now that DH is very close to the end of his journey, everything triggers tears. Hospice ordered ox…12 -
Just sad! Rant.
I am sad just plain sad. 10 years into this disease with my DH. No real end in sight. Days become weeks, week become years and the beat goes on! My DH is progressing toward his transition and I am wo…21 -
Re: Let me whine.
At home or in MC, there is no respite, joy or fun only responsibility, guilt and loneliness.7 -
Re: Holiday celebrations
Thanksgiving? I could care less. Christmas? Church then some family time. New Years? Netflix.5 -
Voting
I've gotten so many personally written postcards stating that public record indicates my husband hasn't voted and asking him to do so.. A person even drove to our home today in a secluded r…7 -
Six Months Since Moving
It has been six months since we moved two states from our hometown of 72 years to be near our daughter. DH has ALZ. I am still profoundly homesick! I miss everything I left behind, my older brother, …7 -
Re: Constant 😴 sleeping.
My SO had Alsheimer's dementia and as her condition progressed, she was sleeping 20 hours a day. All she wanted to do was to lie down. I and our part time caregiver were having a difficult time …14 -
Re: Let me whine.
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/227553#Comment_227553 I sometimes read the discussions to see if what I am feeling is crazy, but have never reached out. Although, I have great kids and am…13 -
Re: Just want to apologize
Ed, I wanted you to know, so thank you. You are one of many who helped me over the last four years and I think of you often, including these last few days. I feel as you have that I will need to step…6 -
Re: Just some thoughts
@ghphotog I read your post with tears in my eyes for all of us who are at this end stage. After three weeks of paradoxical lucidity where DH was laughing, speaking in complete sentences, initiating c…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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