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The Cavalry Is Not Coming: 9 Year Edition
This is an updated version of The Cavalry Is Not Coming. I repost this occasionally as I have been informed that this article has helped many caregivers. This edition is mostly the same, although I h…37 -
Update on how to talk to Doctor in advance of DH appointment...
Hello all. Just an update on my saga about alerting DH's doc to issues before DH's doctor appointment. My solution this time was to book an appointment for myself with the same doctor, sche…6 -
Re: CPAP machine
Put him on hospice and forget about the cpap. Sounds like this is a battle not worth fighting. He may refuse to wear oxygen also and if he does, so be it. The only relevant question is whether he…6 -
Re: Wow, I underestimated the loneliness
I have been so lonely also. I placed my DH in memory care on 4/4/24. It has been so hard. Tomorrow is our 51st anniversary. I also have never been alone. Nights are the worst. I am trying to get some…7 -
If I Had One Wish…
…it would be that all medical professionals dealing with caregiver’s listen to them and treat them with as much care and respect as was perhaps taught to them in medical school. I am my husband’s car…5 -
Re: Not liking my feelings
I just joined this group. My partner's neurologist just moved his diagnosis from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer's. This has been reported by law to the DMV and he will be heading to…8 -
Falling Apart Caring for my Mom
Hello. I am not doing well. My dad had Alzheimers in the last 7 years of his life, and I cared for him. I thought that was all over when he died in 2017. Then in 2020, it started all over again with …19 -
Re: Not liking my feelings
I know those feelings anger and annoyance at everything that my DH does; then the guilt because you know deep down it’s the illness but being cooped up all day 24/7 is unbearable and toxic. I need to…7 -
Re: Not liking my feelings
Hi @JC5 , re your basement cleaning brought a smile of recognition: For a while, I've been telling friends, "Don't think I'm whacked, one of my most relaxing moments during the su…6 -
Re: Not liking my feelings
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/70952/not-liking-my-feelings What helped me was putting myself in his shoes and how awful it is what he is going through. Such a independent man his whole life tha…6
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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