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Re: Angry and Jealous
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/244614#Comment_244614 Oh man…do I ever get to experience this one, particularly from one of my DW's sisters. They're a huge family who talk inces…4 -
Re: Angry and Jealous
What has been eating at me lately. I ask for a few hours of help here and there from DW family. I don't want to hear the reason why you are not available on a specific day or time. These are fam…4 -
Re: Angry and Jealous
I also miss the life I had before. When it makes me sad and angry, I think of the many people I know who have never had what I had. I know many who have lived lonely lives because they were never abl…5 -
Re: The Caregiver’s Brain
thank you Bill. Well said as usual. I’m in Stage 8 since last August and I still find all those things trivial. I have to force myself to go. It’s just not the same. 💜6 -
Infusion tomorrow
After much discussion regarding the risks, my husband decided he wanted to do the Leqembi infusions. It has taken a month but we finally found an infusion center that accepts our secondary insurance.…6 -
Re: Give me your dollar!
DW wasn't even in Mercy Hospital. I called 911 for help getting her up after she fell, the 911 operator sent Mercy ambulance, and they took her to Cox Hospital (another "nonprofit" but…7 -
Re: The Caregiver’s Brain
"It is long enough for your expectations and priorities to completely reset." SO TRUE! I am at year 2.5 and I have finally stopped thinking about how/when I will go back to work and how I w…7 -
Re: The Caregiver’s Brain
RayeMc I also have a special needs child. She is 38 now and my concern has always been what happens when I am not here. We worked with the state and finally got her into an Adult Family Home about 6 …5 -
New here. Overwhelmed
I’m caring for my dad, 84. He’s at home. Still able to walk, bathe, use the bathroom and dress by himself. He gets so depressed, though. Just hangs his head almost to his chest. He often thinks we ar…6 -
Give me your dollar!
I came home from burying my wife today to find a recorded phone message dunning me for payment of an ambulance bill that is on my desk and due two weeks from now, June 16. The provider is the Sisters…17
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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