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Re: What do you to talk about with your LOs?
My DH is 79 years old and he was diagnosed 4 years ago, now I think in stage 3. We have been in love since 1986, yes almost 40 years of life … he was my light, I've learned a lot from him, reall…5 -
Re: Quick question
I'm another that it has not diminished. We are on our 2nd sitter and hoping she will have some success bonding with him. At the dentist this week and they had to bring him back into the room to …6 -
$300 speaker
my DW threw away a nice Bose speaker while taking out the trash. I know there’s nothing I can do about it now. Just venting.8 -
Re: Do I let go or keep going?
I have heard of a happy medium for those who really feel the need to push food, and that is to offer food and feed them, but do not persist for more than 20 minutes each mealtime.5 -
Re: Dogs and Alzheimer’s
ps thought you might like a smile we did have our puppy neutered but didn’t use the cone of shame (puppy kept slipping out of it) plus DH couldn’t cope with it so I used a couple of OOOO baby onesies…10 -
Re: I Want To Live With Someone Else
The "I hate you" or "I want to live elsewhere" reactions were common with my dear wife during her process. It eventually passed as she progressed. What happened later in the proce…8 -
Re: What do you to talk about with your LOs?
Oh, Biggles! So beautifully said. My heart cries every single day. I long for normalcy. I long for our long-gone deep conversations. Someone once said something like “ I miss the man he was but love …8 -
Re: What do you to talk about with your LOs?
My DH is stage 3 sliding into 4. Our conversations are highly variable. Sometimes he's full of grievances, often based on misremembering something that was said previously or conflating separate…5 -
Re: Possible diagnosis
Hi, Dungie, First - our PCP is a terrific Internist and we both love him dearly. Dementia is NOT his forte, so any discussion about DH’s dementia is quick and not detailed. I had to read and look up …5 -
Possible diagnosis
Waiting for the diagnosis to come in but considering what it’ll take to just admit it’s Alzheimer’s. The Amyloid score was 44.3 and he is clearly symptomatic. (Been about 2years) This waiting phase i…5
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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