robertjohnmills
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Sometimes living with and caring for someone with dementia is a life lived in fear.
This weekend was one of those times. A short break away became much shorter than anticipated when the hotel management complained about my Partner on 3 occasions within just 6 hours.
When found wandering naked, it was the last straw for me. I had done everything reasonable to avoid this situation and yet it still happened. So I packed our bags, checked out and drove home!

I really don't know whether to be flattered or outraged. Today someone at work said to me that I reminded them of the "fat one of the Gay couple" in Benidorm on TV.
He said I have that cutting tongue just like him.
Well I suppose to be remembered is better than not to be noticed at all, even when God help me; I have been likened to a stereotype in the most outrageous, non political comedy and parody of the British on holiday!!!!

Losing my business means the horror of having to spend all my time as Carer is becoming a reality. It just terrifies me. It was only refuge back to sanity away from all the challenging behaviour and the erratic emotional instability. Where am I headed now? All I want is a bit of my own life back! Is it too much to ask?

More than a downturn really, more like leap off a cliff. That's where my Business is headed. There was me thinking I was recession proof! You fool
The end of an era, more change and upheaval and I'm not ready to retire. If I could have just managed a few more years then I would be out of it.
But all my best laid plans are on the Bonfire and Mark...well maybe there is a happy place in the dementia, a recession proof unworried existence. An idyllic world with a Yellow Brick Road

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Was listening to the radio whilst doing the washing and they were talking about getting old, buss pass, zimmer frames, hearing aids the lot and then he said and I quote "Getting old is not about becoming graceful far from it, getting old is about becoming disgraceful, growing old as disgracefully as possible" Well thats made my day today