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please....i'm begging...please...
In 2009 I lost my love, my life, my everything...she suffered through early onset alzheimers...howlyncat was sympathetic to me...kind posts... it's been 2 years...i need help...i don't want to go...
i just count her breaths now....... ...
i wish i had never heard the word alzheimers...... i wish i had spent more time with her instead of letting life take me away..... i wish she was not suffering and struggling to live a life she does...
again my partner is fighting something that is trying to take her life......is the alzheimer's itself not enough? i hope she understands me when i tell her how very sorry i am that she is...
hi jaysal.... i'm not sure if it's my place to welcome you in around here, but welcome...... i'm going through basically the same thing with my partner right now, she seems further away...
SnowyLynne, thanks so much for the advice the thick-it is working great......she's not wanting to eat much but at least it is going down easier.... Lyn...thank you as well....I did get with her dr....
hi.....yes, some of her medication can be crushed and some can't.... i appreciate the advice on the thick it, i will pick some of it up tomorrow....i've been making her smoothies and milkshakes but...
Over the past month my partner has been gagging and coughing when she is eating or taking her meds....it seems to be getting graduallly worse.... is there something i could be doing to make it easier...
i consider myself a good caregiver.... not perfect, but any mistakes i make are always because i want what is best for my partner.......i know i'm not dealing for an elderly parent as most are, but...
thank you much for the information Lyn.....this is very well my problem right now.....I haven't posted in awhile basically because i am just physically exhausted.....i did get to take my partner on a...
happy birthday tyno........
i know just what you mean about having to fight for the right to be present in the er.....my partner does so much better and is more relaxed when she can see that i am with her......even though i...
thank you both for your replies...i know it's the progression i was just hoping there was a miracle way to stop it...... it's late and i'm sitting her feeling very helpless and scared.....i'm afraid...
tyno, if not peace, perhaps you'll find balance....thinking of you lynnie...
padraig, thank you....it's not the answer i wanted but it is the answer i needed....so many things are changing and it gets scary at times..... i admire the strength you had while taking care of your...
hi.....something scary is happening with my partner.......i have noticed a stiffness in her arms and legs over the past couple of weeks....i do the range of motion exercises (which is getting more...
hi....just hoping you are having a peaceful day..........
i think reading something he loves to him is a wonderful idea.....i hope you get to go see him soon.........
this is so true..... i can feel your love for your parents with each post......thanks for that......
my partner also went through an "i don't like this stage".....a friend of mine who works with special needs kids gave me some flashcard type things with pictures of food on it so she would pick which...
she definately does know the difference..... before she was this bad she would get very nasty with anyone different doing anything for her.....now it's just evident with body language and i can tell...
i wish i had advice for you....i will keep you in my thoughts and prayers and if i think of an intelligent suggestion i willl let you know...........
i am so so sorry that this vicious, malicious disease has done this to you and your family....my thoughts and prayers are with you, and as red_34 said it is noone's fault it is this devil...
my partner had to be taken back to the hospital after only being home for 2 days, she had a collapsed lung and we couldn't get a grip on the fevers.....she just came home yesterday and is doing some...
i did the same for my partner when she refused diapers ( she would tear them off because they were for "babies" she would say )....they have ones that are almost like panties and she had no problems...
i so appreciate the information from this site....it's a god send.......
thank you so much.......
hi, thank you for your concern.....they say i can get home hospice for her if i talk with her dr...i'm not sure how i feel about that yet, it's still sinking in....right now, i'm just glad i have her...
they brought her home to me today and she is sleeping now.....i know they think i need help to care for her, and maybe i do....right now she will have a nurse coming and a resp. therapist until she...
the nurse asked me about involving hospice in my partner's care now....does that mean she's dying.......why would she bring that up to me.....i was sort of in shock after that and didn't comprehend...
a home nurse is coming this afternoon to help make sure my partner has what she needs so i can bring her home tomorrow.....she'll be on oxygen and have some breathing therapy for awhile but she'll be...
thank you so much for your advice.......i'll pray i have half of your strength..........
my partner was admitted to the hospital 2 days before christmas with pneumonia, her temp was 105 by that morning........today she was moved out of intensive care and will hopefully be able to come...
forgot to mention that she did have a fever of 100-101 off and on yesterday....thanks...
it is just getting so hard to get legible sentences from her anymore that the mumbling makes me feel like i am missing out on something important she may be saying....does that make sense? i'm sorry...
is it possible for my partner to have pneumonia without running a high fever? she has had a cough for several days, that just this morning began to produce phlegm....she is breathing a little faster...
thanks....she seems a bit better on the namenda.....the mumbling is disturbing but i will deal with it.....i've learned alot about myself through this......still no matter how tightly i hold on she...
she was diagnosed with early onset alzheimers....i was surprised to find out it could attack someone so young... she is currently taking namenda and aricept....also xanax when she needs it and...
hi again.....i have a question for someone who's been here.....is mumbling a common behavior? my partner will mumble to herself, sometimes while i am talking to her....she will look away from me and...
hi and thanks for the welcome.....i'm dealing with things a little better today, i just have moments where i feel lost....... my partner was diagnosed with ad when she was 41....before that we went...
ok ok okkkkkkkkkk........i need help.......if you knew me you would know how big this is........so please help me........my partner has alzheimers..i've dealt for years but i need help ......... LYN...
hi....i have unfortunately had to research early onset alzheimers and as far as i can tell there has never been a diagnosis in anyone that young...good luck, i hope you find answers to your...
hi all....i'm not sure which post to respond to as i related to so many of them....i have been reading posts here for quite awhile but never quite felt like i could participate....i have learned so...