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Stuck in the middle
My wife has been in MC for a little over a year. Our marriage was not great for the last 23 years but we are still married for 50 years this August. I still feel a commitment to her. How do I move on…7 -
Re: I need a safe space for me
I know how you feel. I do go to coffee once a week with friends and they keep urging me to get some respite. I kow they mean well but we live in a semi-rural area so it's not easy. One of these …5 -
Re: Unhappy Anniversary
Our 38th anniversary came and went at the end of May and I didn’t say anything to DH. It felt better to just let it go rather than say something to him and get no reaction. I fondly remembered our we…7 -
Re: Unhappy Anniversary
I'm so sorry and I understand. June 10th will be our 58th anniersary. I will take him a strawberry milkshake and a card but there will be no remembrance of it on his part. He will be surprised a…10 -
Re: I need a safe space for me
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/242589#Comment_242589 it really IS a sad existence. I sometimes stay up all night to have time to myself to think and process my own feelings. When he is a…6 -
Unhappy Anniversary
Today is our 13th wedding anniversary. Last year DW jumped out of bed and gave me a big kiss and wished me a happy anniversary. This morning I told her happy anniversary and she had no reaction just …14 -
Re: Give me your dollar!
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/244721#Comment_244721 Oh, they are real. Mercy Hospital is one of the major employers here and DW did ride in one of their ambulances on the day in questio…5 -
Re: Doesn’t want to go anywhere
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/240681#Comment_240681 Hi B2ingua…. Our home on the lake is the only home we have. It’s very large and getting to be too much for me to take care of. DH can…5 -
Re: Give me your dollar!
Thank all of you so much for your kind words. It's OK, I was just tired and angry. I slept and ate and I am better now.6 -
Re: MC 1 week and major decline
@hiya It's really hard to say. The sudden drop in ability to function could be the result of an infection of some kind. Any older person (even without dementia) who has a sudden change in functi…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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