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Re: Caring for parents - Long distance
That is all so tough. The distance makes it much harder. Is it feasible for you to go stay with your mom for about a week? At her house? That may give you a clearer picture of how she is functioning …4 -
Re: Hurt Feelings
We know the brain is broken and getting worse and whatever our loved one says is gone from their mind almost immediately but the words hurt. We are just humans and words hurt, sometimes terribly so. …6 -
Re: STAGE 8 - There is no other side of grief...
Jim Carrey once said: Grief is not just an emotion—it’s an unraveling, a space where something once lived but is now gone. It carves through you, leaving a hollow ache where love once resided. In the…9 -
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
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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