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Long overdue update
We hit the 3 year mark in MC a couple of months ago. It's been a 15 year trip with dementia so far. I know I posted here before about how I feel so "old" because this is typically a di…29 -
Re: Hope and hospice
Thank you all for your thoughtful responses. I have decided that if my husband isn't "actively dying" that I'm going to take the four day trip and have my own car so I can head ho…10 -
Re: Cell phone
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/72919/cell-phone interesting this post comes up. Just today I heard my LO crying in his workshop and asked what’s wrong. He said he couldn’t remember how to text a…7 -
Re: First Post
@blacksparky our lab just asked if she could move to your house! 😁6 -
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…12 -
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…5 -
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…6 -
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…10 -
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 …7 -
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…12
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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