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Re: Suicidal
Just an update. They took her off her antidepressant 3 weeks ago and didn't tell us! Of course she is depressed and suicidal. I can't believe they did this to her. Not happy with this.5 -
Re: You Might Be A Caregiver If...
I was cleaning the bathroom this weekend and DH of 37 years who has cleaned the bathroom a few times.. feels he needs to “help”. I finish scrubbing the toilet and he asks if I have gotten up under th…6 -
Re: You Might Be A Caregiver If...
You might be a caregiver if you tell your PWD "Sure, go ahead" as they belligerently try to light a pretzel stick with a pair of tweezers to smoke (life long smoker whose cigs had been take…5 -
Re: I Want To Live With Someone Else
We are a second family for DH. Whenever he asks where his wife is I'm tempted to call up his ex and say that he is asking for her. He can go to her with my blessing 😂11 -
Re: How accurate are estimated time of stage 6 & 7 ?
I’ll never understand stages or this illness, my wife diagnosed about about 3 yrs ago , mild dementia , she’s on donepezil and memantine but I’m thinking maybe stage 4-5 aside from not cooking anymor…5 -
Re: DH in MC 3 days now...
I am at the beginning of the MC journey as well. My thread is in the Caring for a Parent section titled "First visit to Mom in MC - I survived!" We're now one month in, and things have…5 -
I Want To Live With Someone Else
My spouse with nearly complete aphasia has managed to pull out that full sentence for a couple of weeks now. She is soooooo sick of me being her caregiver. I now represent the person controlling her …12 -
Re: I Want To Live With Someone Else
I told my friend that my DW said she wants to live with someone else and my friend asked, “Did you say, ‘Me too’?” Thank God for good friends.13 -
Early in journey and feel it is progressing faster than expected
My wife has been diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer’s. She is on Leqembi infusions (7 complete), aricept but feel she is progressing. She is still working part time at Trader Joe’s and they are so …7 -
Re: You Might Be A Caregiver If...
ir if, while she was still driving, you tell her to turn right & she starts turning left, or you tell her to turn left & she starts turning right, you are GOING TO BE a caregiver6
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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