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Re: Do You Talk To Yourself Out Loud As A Caregiver?
Put earphones in your ears and they think you’re having a phone conversation with someone else.6 -
Re: Do You Talk To Yourself Out Loud As A Caregiver?
I've realized that one of the reasons I like riding my e-bike is that I can talk to myself and no one can hear.7 -
Terrible Family
My DW has been diagnosed with FTD. We have been married for 31 years. Over those years I enjoyed her family very much. I grew close to her parents and her younger brother. I helped her parents with m…8 -
Re: Lonely but longing to be alone…
I am terribly lonely, even as my DW pushes me to sit with her and stare at the tv together. Every minute, of every day when I'm not a work. She wants to hold my hand, but I don't feel that the same w…15 -
Re: Lonely but longing to be alone…
Ironically, I describe myself as “alone, but not lonely” after 14 years of diagnosed Alz. with DH and his passing one year ago. I had dinner last night with my “little brother” (age 72) and today I a…9 -
Do You Talk To Yourself Out Loud As A Caregiver?
I have started talking out loud to myself (Not within DH’s hearing) both to vent about something DH has done or said and to try and calm myself. I say “it is not him, it is the disease” or “I can get…6 -
Re: Do You Talk To Yourself Out Loud As A Caregiver?
If you’re the only one you have to talk to at the time, I don’t see anything too unusual about that. Hey, we have to pick our sounding boards wherever we can find them, and dementia land can be a mig…6 -
neurologist visit
Yesterday DH had his six month neurologist visit. He’s declined since the last visit, but is still able to dress appropriately, feed, shower, etc. The last thing the neurologist asked was if he had e…8 -
Re: Do You Talk To Yourself Out Loud As A Caregiver?
I talk to myself, I talk to the cat, I talk to the dog. And I also catch myself doing self-chat outside of our house. I’ve officially become that crazy lady who walks around the grocery store, mutter…10 -
Re: I'm moving to the new house in two weeks. Feeling lonely but grateful
Glad to hear from you Brenda. I am behind you, haven't sold our farm yet—can't really without huge tax consequences until after she dies. But I anticipate everything you are doing….everywhere I look …9
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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