5 year anniversary of diagnosis

Marie58

Not a happy day. 

DH was diagnosed 5 years ago today at age 60. It seems so long ago, yet it seems like yesterday. He was probably stage 3 or 4 when he was diagnosed. Now he's early stage 7 and in MC. The grieving never ends. The losses never end. The sadness never ends. I hate this disease and watching what it's doing to my DH, the love of my life. We've been together 42 years.

Not what we had planned for our retirement years. We both retired early due to this disease. He at age 60 because he couldn't do his job any longer. I retired at age 60, two years later, to be his full-time caregiver. His decline has been fast.

However, I'm blessed that he is in a safe place and he seems content. I'm blessed that we can afford this level of care, although I worry he could live like this for a long time. He's healthy otherwise and only 65. I'm blessed that I can visit him every day. I'm blessed that I can devote time to our grandchildren again, since MC placement has freed me up and lowered my stress level. I'm blessed that I have support from our son and DIL and a couple of close friends. Our local support group is meeting in person again and this forum is also a God send. I'm blessed that we are both believers in Jesus and that we will be whole again and together in Heaven. 

I'm sorry that all of us here are going through this. Thanks for letting me share. I know you all understand.

May God bless us all!

June45

(((Marie)))

Ed1937

I'm sorry it has been so very hard. But we will make it through, one way or another.

Crushed

Oh Yeh

In 2010 we went scuba diving in Thailand and walking with bears in Alaska to celebrate DW's appointment to the highest position in the federal government in her medical field.  
 
Sept 2010  CRASH

  
DW was MCI in 2010  58 YO

 Alzheimer's   2012       60 YO

 Memory care 2017       65   YO (Early stage 7)

late stage 7     2021       69   YO

So been there done that

Sending hugs

French

Marie, thank you for sharing even the sad anniversaries.

We are following you, 3 years later, but also 10 years younger.

2nd anniversary of my partner’s diagnosis was last month. At the diagnosis he was stage 4 I think. He is now between 5 and 6, certainly beginning stage 6.

Stuck in the middle

Sorry.

June 4 marked four years I have posted to this board.  June 15 will be the 54th anniversary of our wedding.  Neither event is worthy of celebration.

JoseyWales

I'm so sorry for your husband's quick decline. 

I find it amazing the different rates our LO decline. For us, it's been 5.5 years since diagnosis, and yet DH is still at home, probably only mid stage 6. He's only 57 (diagnosed at 51), and I've always heard that the younger you are at diagnosis the faster it progresses. But nothing about this disease is predictable.