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Re: How to answer if your DH says he is dying.
@Palmetto Peg : He is slowly dying. I think it is wrong to tell someone they are not dying when they, in fact, are dying. I think your approach of telling him that you will be with him no matter what…6 -
Re: Intimacy and guilt
When my husband was in this stage, I called his neurologist and asked for help. He prescribed a small dose of Seroquel helped quite a bit.2 -
Re: Any Heterozygotes on Donanemab?
I am E3/E4, and I just had my 38th Leqembi infusion. Both Leqembi and Kisunla clear amyloid plaque. The distinction is that Leqembi is dual-acting, as it removes both amyloid plaque and amyloid proto…1 -
Am I The Only One
I am trusting this group to be as tolerant, supportive and open as I have continued to promote to others as I share some thoughts that have only recently started to become clear to me. I am an older …4 -
Re: Is sending a letter to mom with the truth a bad idea?
My mom is also in a nursing home because she can’t afford assisted living. She is much more capable than most residents. Mom doesn’t understand why she needs to be there and thinks she would be just …4 -
Re: How to answer if your DH says he is dying.
When dad initially did this, I did the same as you saying "not today" or "not on my watch; mom'll kill me if I let that happen". In retrospect, things improved when his docto…4 -
Re: How to answer if your DH says he is dying.
Oh, I am sorry. This is very hard to hear, I know. My father increasingly asks me whether he is dying. It is somehow easier as a question than a statement, but I have said different things. For examp…5 -
Re: I’ve never lived there.
We struggled with the same problem with my dear wife. She wanted to "go home" which seemed to mean her childhood home. Even as I would try to help her by just listening or asking more about…7 -
Re: Wants to constantly use the bathroom.
Perhasps it is not a time thing but a silent UTI which would need to be ruled out asap since they can become very serious. Get tested at an Urgent Cqre and be certain they do a culture.4 -
Re: Hurt Feelings
Oh my word, I think you nailed it. Both his nieces are now in their early 50s. When they were little girls they lived near my husband and he adored them. Then his brother and his family moved out of …5
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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