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Re: Asking for tips on how to get LO to drink lots of water for radiation
What are the goals of radiation therapy? For example, will it shrink his prostate so he can avoid the need for a catheter? If there is not some clear goal other than "treating cancer", then…3 -
Re: What do I do?
I get the frustration. DH began complaining to our PCP about having issues with his memory in 2019. I didn’t notice anything and thought it was stress related from a super busy work life. We went to …2 -
Re: What do I do?
First off, so sorry you are walking this road with us here. I hope your experience with neurologists is different than ours but we had a completely wrong diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephaly fro…6 -
Re: What do I do?
I understand the frustration of waiting seemingly forever for the doctors to provide information. I do want to warn you that, while some here have reported getting useful information from the neurolo…4 -
Re: What do I do?
MobbyGirl, I'm not very far ahead of you on this journey. We just saw DH's neurologist a week ago. Technically, this was DH's third neurologist. The first neurologist was one DH's…11 -
Re: What do I do?
welcome to group best thing I did 3 yrs ago. That being said Nurologist is first thing to address , too bad taking so long for appointment but they are all like that. Your DH isn’t going to understan…7 -
Re: Hospice for Alzheimer's
Hi @Lilydaisy https://www.cms.gov/medicare-medicaid-coordination/fraud-prevention/medicaid-integrity-education/downloads/hospice-overviewfactsheet.pdf Medicare is federal insurance for individuals ov…1 -
Re: Hospice for Alzheimer's
I don’t know about Medicaid, but my DW is in an MCF and has now been on hospice for over two and a half years under Medicare. She is very, very near the bitter end, Stage 7f, of this awful disease. S…4 -
Re: Problems with aides because DH is a difficult patient
I am so sorry this is happening, @easy23 It was good you were there and stepped up to talk with the charge nurse. You were in the right place at the right time to be a great caregiver and advocate fo…4 -
Re: Asking for tips on how to get LO to drink lots of water for radiation
Welcome. I assume there will be more than one radiation treatment. If these cause his dementia to progress even a little and you are concerned about getting him to drink the water now, what happens i…3
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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