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  • Re: Just need to talk to my friends (204)

    For my tomato growin rockers; https://www.aol.com/grow-tomatoes-pots-ground-asked-165400848.html
  • Re: Home care hopefully will help ?

    I also told my DH that the person was coming to help me and I had to go to doctor appointments. After the 2nd visit he asked if “his lady” was coming that day. I stayed home the first time she came a…
  • Re: Anyone With Resentment?

    I can't thank y'all (Southern gal here) enough for sharing your stories and experiences with me. I appreciate knowing that I'm not alone in how I feel. I share what I'm going through with my sisters,…
  • Re: Just need to talk to my friends (204)

    HB…I have a wedding in Sept, Brooklyn at a roof top "farm". Maybe fly to Philadelphia and then train into NYC. Lucky you for seeing the Barnes before it moved. Michner sounds interesting.
  • Re: Just need to talk to my friends (204)

    good morning everyone! Iris…….Adams first visited Yosemite with his family when he was 14-16. It wah then that he was given his first camera…the Kodak Brownie Box. Years later he met his wife there. …
  • Re: Home care hopefully will help ?

    I, too, called this a helper for me. When we finally found a good match, it was a woman who is near my husband's age and grew up in the area. They connected over cars, music, and the things that were…
  • Re: Anyone With Resentment?

    This is my first time on this site, and your post speaks right to my situation. My DH has VD. This diagnosis is only months old, but I can see how he's had this for quite some time - years and years.…
  • Re: visit with PCP

    My DW's PCP gave her a standard "check-up" but was able to judge disease progression based upon how she followed (or failed to) some basic instructions. The PCP asked me some questions abou…
  • Re: visit with PCP

    I'm so sorry, @Timmyd. I understand. When the PCP suggested to my DH that he not drive, I started crying. DH was so very confused as to why I was crying. The whole thing was so very sad. Hang in ther…
  • Re: Home care hopefully will help ?

    I will add for both of you. My DW hates the idea of in-home care and gets upset whenever the caregiver is coming. I keep telling her, like I did when I first proposed it, that the caregiver is for me…

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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