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Re: Great News on Treatment Advance
I also saw, celebrated, & saved this great news: but White House has paused or canceled further research for now. Hope & pray this money is restored!!!!!2 -
Re: GYN Appointment
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/73850/gyn-appointment Why are you bothering with this exam? It seems uneccessary.1 -
Re: GYN Appointment
As a 66 yo female, my pap smears and pelvic ended at 65 and I do have a remote history of problems. I'd call the doc and discuss and cancel unless there is a compelling medical reason. Good luck.3 -
Re: GYN Appointment
@Cranddi Does your wife have a history of gynecological cancer or atypical Pap smears in the last 10 years? If not, she may not need an "annual" gyn appointment. Current recommendations for…3 -
Re: GYN Appointment
Consider talking to her GYN doctor or her regular doctor. I well remember how terrorized my mother was. I was able to suspend all but her mammograms without having to make that decision myself. I sho…1 -
Tired of putting my life on hold
Why am I the only one making concessions, what about my life, my needs , I don't even like him, he takes up all I have within me and I am walking out the next time he raged at me Call me selfish? I h…4 -
Re: Long time reader and now DH officially diagnosed with MCI
I can’t imagine not having a dog, especially fond of larger breeds. This journey, for me, will be easier knowing there are caring along. I’m just outside Placerville and pass through Verdi when headi…1 -
Re: Long time reader and now DH officially diagnosed with MCI
Have 3 dogs but no longer have the Airdale. He was amazing. Got him from the pound and he was listed as incorrigible but I found him irristable. He wasn't incorrigible just a bit diffiocult for about…1 -
Re: New Diagnosis Support
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/251126#Comment_251126 Welcome. Glad you are here but sorry for the reason. This group helped me so much after my husband's diagnosis. The people here under…1 -
Re: Father keeps asking where my mother is...
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/251180#Comment_251180 Well said!1
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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