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Re: Support Group Cookie Exchange? No!
LOL, next thing you know they'll have you out shopping for your Secret Santa swap.2 -
Re: Support Group Cookie Exchange? No!
Amen sisters and brothers! I also got the cost increase letter (expected every year after Thanksgiving) and the invitation to a party at MC on a weekday afternoon. On my busiest work day. At 2:00 my …1 -
Re: Am I a bad person
I pray that God will give me the strength and courage to get through each day. And many days I ask God how much longer this will go on, I ask for the end to come. My husband talks about calling his m…10 -
Re: Clinginess
I thought, let me jump on the alzconnect site to see if anyone else is frustrated when their loved one constantly shadows them. And the first post I read, was yours describing my situation. Tonight, …7 -
Re: Intimacy.
Intimacy is a big issue and needs to be included!!! Swim trunks sounds interesting…1 -
Re: Speech Therapy
My DW had a speech therapist for a year when she was probably late stage 4. We gave up at stage 5. It was beyond her at that point. Don't feel bad. I would never consider it now that she's …1 -
Re: Am I a bad person
I am not a religious person but I also ask a higher being nearly every day to give me strength to go on, to give me patience, understanding and kindness and love, to help me get through this awful jo…6 -
Re: Am I a bad person
you are not a bad person at all for thinking this. My mother has been in an advanced stage of dementia for the past 10 years. she is 94. every day is a living nightmare at my home and I hope the same…8 -
Re: Am I a bad person
So not bad by my thinking. When my husband died I fell apart immediately then felt an enormous sense of relief.9 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (212)
Good morning, left water dripping and still froze, was ok at 1 this morning. Guess I’ll be going to families house when my needs call. If I had a outhouse like my country relatives had when I was gro…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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