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Re: So over this...
Keep in mind that the person you hate is not the person you married, although the body is the same.7 -
Have no support
Once I reached out to family and friends about DH , they avoid me like a disease. Now I am fully isolated and am constantly apologizing for him or arguing with him.5 -
Re: Speech and Language Referral
My DW is in the same stage as your LO. At this point of her journey I will not introduce any procedure or testing that will possibly slow down or improve her terrible journey. Some people may think I…9 -
Re: Caregiving daily and trying to prepare for the future
I can so relate to this! My HWD has always been a hoarder…learned it from his mother…and I am basically a minimalist. He has an overbearing personality so there is no way to stop his hoarding…he stil…5 -
Re: My own irritability as a caregiver
we understand the struggle. 2 things that helped me: I changed the way I thought about my husband. Instead of looking at him as my husband, I started thinking of him as my patient and me his nurse. I…5 -
Re: Caregiving daily and trying to prepare for the future
I tried so hard to be in the moment and doing long-term things at the same. I gave up. I decided it was part of the learning I am going to take on during this ridiculously hard journey. I was a colle…7 -
Re: So over this...
@H1235 Sadly, I think my DH dementia has brought out the worst in me too. I never knew I was so short tempered. Never knew I could get so easily frustrated to the pulling my hair out point. Didn’t kn…11 -
Re: My own irritability as a caregiver
I still struggle with this all the time and I also don’t like myself on those days that I can’t hold it together. You have received great advice already. I will add this poem that someone posted befo…5 -
New Member
Hi Everyone! My name is Laurie and my mom is 78 just diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. She was a nurse for 50 years and I had been noticing that about 5 years ago it was Xmas day and the whole …5 -
Re: So over this...
I hated my husband for a long time. He was so aggressive and had to had everything his way. It wasn't until I realized that he had dementia that I was able to understand the behavior that was so…7
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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