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Re: Hopeless
yes. We know exactly how you feel. No need to feel guilty. You are grieving many losses: your DH, your freedom, the loss of your future plans and so much more. Hugs.2 -
Why Stay?
I hate the life I am living now. Why do I stay? I love DH but not his behavior. He is not his behavior but much more. He does not choose to behave this way. This disease chose him. Fifty two years ag…12 -
Re: Why Stay?
It's a journey and I don't know where it will take is. We are married 32 years at this point. I couldn't cut and run.1 -
Re: Why Stay?
Your comments clarify where I am I have come to the same place and the same answers.3 -
Re: Hopeless
Every single day. I’m finally starting an antidepressant (which I fought against) because the bleakness of my situation and the world at hand, has me feeling full of anxiety as well as depression. Th…3 -
Re: Hopeless
You are in good company here. My DH has had signs of Alzheimers for over 10 years now and went into memory care 10 months ago. I still cry most days, missing him so much and grieving for the future I…9 -
Taboo subject of divorce
Ater reading others post and knowing my own situation I am just wondering if anyone has considered divorce. I hear and believe it is the disease but also think that no one should be treated the way s…11 -
Re: Why Stay?
My take is you are allowed to feel this way, and shouldn't feel any guilt in doing so. You signed up for a marriage till death parts you, but this horrible disease is stripping away what once was thi…6 -
Re: Getting my mom to her doctor appointment
One strategy is telling mom you need to swing by your doctor's office to pick up a prescription (or something) on the way somewhere she wants to go. Once you get there, invite her to go in as it's to…2 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends(201)
Just came from.my first pizza party and got to meet a lot more Veterans and learned a lot of military stories2
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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