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Re: Feeling Fragile
You said "I can be talking to someone and just the tiniest bit of kindness will set me off again and I will be hiding behind my dark glasses. I don't think I am ever truly happy anymore. I …7 -
May God bless you all
l am thankful for this forum that has so many kind and wise members. Thank you all for the sound advice, good comments and overall generous support. They are very helpful.7 -
Re: Finding something for her to do
The description of your wife (what she can no longer do) is exactly where my husband is right now. I think everyone experiences, or will experience) the same problem (finding something to do) during …6 -
Re: Those eyes!! 👀
I guess I look at my DH’s need in a different way. For most of our married lives we were both busy a lot of the time, with jobs and careers and just keeping the household running. I traveled for my j…12 -
Re: LO threatening to get kicked out of MC so he can live on his own.
first … have your sister open a separate bank account as POA for benefit of ‘him’. He should not have access to it. Have her get online access to both accounts. once deposits come in, she should imme…10 -
Re: Feeling Fragile
Biggles, sometimes crying is the best thing you can do. It at least releases some of the profound sadness and anxiety you have to deal with on a daily basis. Sometimes I think we try to hard to get t…10 -
Feeling Fragile
I feel so sad. My DH of 54 years has VD stage 5 or 6 our partnership over the years has been so strong, we've worked together in our own business, sailed together, flown together, had our childr…8 -
Re: Have I totally lost it?
After my DH went to memory care, I did some freshening up of our apartment. We had only lived in it together for about 9 months, but when we first moved in I was so busy caring for him that I had no …6 -
Socializing for Caregivers May Be Overrated
I read an interesting article that indicated that not everyone needs a social network of friends. In fact, some of us do quite well alone without the inevitable dramas that friends bring into our liv…13 -
Re: Have I totally lost it?
today, I decided to do something nice for myself. I bought a new iPhone! Woohoo! It's been a long time coming… go ahead have some fun and paint the walls!!! 😀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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