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To all the unspoken ones.

I know I am new still to this forum. So I just want to say to those who are on the sides just reading all the posts. I am glad that this forum is here and it's so open. I recently found out that two old friends from church have started on this journey.  We are all in this together.  I joined in 2018 and off and on read posts and saw others going thru exactly what I was seeing in my dw.  I know there are probably  thousands just reading like I did, I know I find it helpful to say stuff and hear the feedback. Sometimes we need to hear the hard stuff and do what needs to be done cause our LO can't

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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