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Hi I'm 10 second Louie!!

So if you have ever seen the movie 50 first dates with Adam Sandler I am currently living with "10 second Tom" this weekend.

For those who have not seen the movie it starts Drew Barrymore as a young girl who was in car accident and has brain trauma. This trauma caused it so that her brain resets every night and she relives the last day before her accident over and over. She goes and visits a brain injury institute where they meet 10 second Tom. Where his brain restarts every 10 seconds.

Well this weekend my SO (45yo eoa) has been 10 second Louie. He is fixating on shoes. Yesterday he took my sandles and walked around all day saying "oh my gosh! Look it!!" Did i say ALL DAY LONG!!! I hid them thinking he would forget and maybe it was just those specific sandlas. NOPE, now it's one of his shoes.

Send Help!!!!! Memories I shall one day look back on and miss and laugh at.

Oh and another new thing this week is taking everything off the top of the refrigerator and pictures off of the fridge.

Im fine. It's fine. Everything is fine.

We are all in this together 💜

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  • SDianeL
    SDianeL Member Posts: 1,323
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    Every new behavior is a gut punch. Nothing makes sense. It’s a constant challenge to handle the new behaviors. Sometimes they come so fast. You can’t figure out what to do for one when bam another one comes along. You are doing a great job. Your SO is lucky to have you. 💜

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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