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Re: DH fixated on being able to drive.
@Color Blue You have my sincere sympathy on this aspect. We lived this with dad. Driving was not just about "independence" for him as much as it defined him as a man. The loss of that privi…5 -
Re: My DH is wanting to spend every minute with me
Boy…do I know how stifling that is. Sometimes my DW startles me when all of sudden she’s right at my back and I don’t hear her coming. I crashed hard, hard by waiting too long to get help. I’m going …5 -
Re: DH fixated on being able to drive.
I empathize. DH’s geriatric psychiatrist turned in a form to DMV, and his driver’s license was revoked 6 months ago. In addition to having AD, he’s 86 with limited mobility—can’t fully lift his right…5 -
Re: Support for LGBT spouses
Sincerely hope you like this story I was in a support group that had one gay female member. We also had an older male member who we called the Deacon since he was very formal, wore a suit and tie and…5 -
Re: Support for LGBT spouses
Happy Anniversary! We'll be having our 42nd in August. I'm working on the same problem. My wife feels like she has "nothing going on". I take her with me everywhere I possibly can…6 -
Re: Take a cruise?
My dh was a little earlier than that, firmly in Stage 5, when we did our last cruise. It had been planned for April 2020 and rescheduled for 2022. He was not able to dine in the main dining rooms—he …5 -
Re: Respite
@CindyBum Thanks for sharing this. It's reassuring to hear about someone who is benefitting from respite in the ways that you, and by extension your wife, are. I wouldn't frame your final p…6 -
Re: STAGE 8 - There is no other side of grief...
Everything that has been written here is true and even more. My wife passed away nine years ago, and for the first year I came to this site to help others out and then I stopped It was too unbearable…8 -
Re: Snacking problem
Eating can make dramatic swings both in quantity and quality. My dear wife demonstrated wide swings. I did keep things secured or out of reach only to prevent her making herself sick, but I gave her …6 -
Our 1st day
My wife (65) had lab work done recently and today the results were posted to her account that the lab work indicated that she has Alzheimer’s and we received a referral for a PET scan that is needed …10
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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