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The most heartbreaking moment yesterday
My DW is stage 7, she hasn't been able to do anything for herself in years. She has to be hand fed, rolled over ever two hours, she's skin and bones and everything else that comes with it. …17 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (205) May 2025
1 year ago today I kissed Lou good morning for the last time at 3:30 am. After my two cups of my morning coffee. I went to check on her and empty her catheter when I realized our father in heaven had…10 -
Re: Expected but still hurts
Oh man. Talk about perspective. I am currently really struggling with the shadowing and constant complaints I get from my spouse about how I don't spend time with her. I am stuck on the damn cou…6 -
Re: I'm Hitting My Limit
I know those feelings, the constant negativity, the isolating, the shadowing and sundowning, and searching endlessly for workable solutions without really finding much. Someone suggested the book &qu…6 -
Re: Just need my friends who understand
My heart goes out to you Jazzma. I weep and cry for you and what is coming my way. My most precious DH of 54 years of fun, adventure, trials and tribulations and now of adversity. I am hoping and wis…7 -
Re: Just need my friends who understand
I feel your pain my DW does about the same thing (stage 7). If I'm not on guard continuously she will put just about anything in her mouth from my cell phone to her old collection of rocks. The …10 -
Re: I'm Hitting My Limit
My wife is in MC and I still have a lot of these feelings. Our marriage was not good and should have ended years ago but didn't then 9 years ago came Alzheimer's diagnoses and I feel stuck.…9 -
Just need my friends who understand
My DH spent two years in MC, and I was able to bring him home 3 months ago with relatively good success. He's on hospice now, which has also helped. I mentioned in an earlier post that he's…10 -
Med taking is a constant fight.
Hi y'all it has been a while since I have posted. As I write this post I am in tears. I am 40 yo taking care of my LO who has EOA and is 46 the Dr said he is stage 7b. I am on the struggle bus l…8 -
Re: I'm Hitting My Limit
I also feel like you do. As much as I try to make my DW at ease, she just cries and cries all day long saying she can’t remember anything and doesn’t know why. I lay in bed each morning dreading gett…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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