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Goodbye
My cancer has progressed to stage 4. I have stopped treatment. As this forum told me, I can’t care for my DW with the side effects of chemo. I’ve entered hospice. After an aborted attempt to move int…40 -
Re: The Good , the Bad , and the Ugly of late stage 7
DW has been stage 7 for over 5 years . She is 71 and very healthy for a person with no cognitive functioning. Not on hospice . Weight is steady Has to be hand fed and has no reaction to people. She l…5 -
Re: It’s finally happening. Placing hubby in MC
@Katcat Mom packed up dad's stuff while he napped, and I took it over to the MCF for her and set the room up ahead of time. Since we used a similar fiblet— taking dad to a new doctor to "ma…5 -
Re: I just had to ask how much time he has left
I would discuss this information with your adult children. I keep mine in the loop about DH. Sometimes it feels like a doom and gloom conversation which I hate but I don’t want them to ever feel like…5 -
Re: Trying to self stage DH
I too thought understanding what "stage" my dear wife was in would be helpful. And then I learned that each person is different and fluctuates between stages often. To me the values of the …5 -
Trying to self stage DH
I have gotten some wonderful words of encouragement and great information on staging from you and I so appreciate it!!! I still have a question though. I read the stages and see some things in one ca…6 -
Re: Just Sad
“Made me feel like I was a terrible person because I got frustrated. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week is a LOT of time to act like a saint!” Boy does this resonate! Newsflash—I am not a saint. I promise…6 -
Re: Just Sad
I don't often share my poems outside my immediate family because I use poems as a way of opening up my feelings. I have done this for years for my dear wife and other family members but today, a…7 -
Re: Just Sad
One of the things that made my sadness worse was when I would watch videos or read books about caregiving and they would say things like, "stay calm (frustration makes them worse), don't ge…5 -
Re: The Good , the Bad , and the Ugly of late stage 7
@Vitruvius - when I saw this thread come up a couple of days ago, I thought about you and wondered about your DW. I'm so sorry this has gone on for so long for both of you. It was sobering 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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