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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.…11 -
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…7 -
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…2 -
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…5 -
Re: My mother doesn't remember my brother died; suggestions for path ahead?
I agree with HB. You no longer need to tell her he died. Just respond that you haven’t heard from him and that you will tell her when you do. Then redirect the conversation to anything else. Dementia…1 -
Re: My mother doesn't remember my brother died; suggestions for path ahead?
I'd stop telling her. You can say, "he didn't answer," or some other response that's neutral when she asks. Once you find a response that works, keep using it.1 -
Re: Anyone have a solution to avoid loosing wallet or money?
My DH forgets to bring his wallet, phone and glasses with him when we go out. Plus he can never find them. It’s been a problem. We ended up getting a beautiful leather backpack (small man purse) he t…2 -
Re: Anyone With Resentment?
No judgement here. Safe place to post honest feelings. I am resentful because I retired early to RV and live a full wonderful active life, doing the things I was always too busy working and raising k…12 -
Re: Anyone With Resentment?
I am lucky to have had a great marriage for almost 46 years yet I still resent having lost a decade of my life to my DW's dementia. I don't resent her. She was a great companion. I resent the disease…11 -
Re: Won’t let me help clean him up
I know this is such a difficult thing, but have to laugh about the difference in my experience. My DW now asks me multiple times a day to check her hiney for poo. She thinks she's pooping a lot when …6
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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