Hi all.
I'm a 48 y/o carer for my female partner who was diagnosed last year with early onset Alzheimers at the age of 49.
We live in different counties in central England and she splits her week with me and her home town which is where her family (kids, grandkids) live.
We have been together for just about 2 years, I was widowed before we met, I lost my previous partner to cancer, she was only 47.
I love her to bits and felt I'd never love again after losing my partner. Neither of us was expecting this diagnosis and she gave me the freedom to walk away as I had not long been through the trauma of bereavement. I couldn't do that though, despite knowing what is ahead.
Lately I have been feeling a grief though just as I had those years ago, it doesn't help that we aren't together full time as much as I would love us to be. So at times I feel quite alone with my thoughts and feelings.
Anyway, I have found this forum now so that is a bonus I hope.
I'm a 48 y/o carer for my female partner who was diagnosed last year with early onset Alzheimers at the age of 49.
We live in different counties in central England and she splits her week with me and her home town which is where her family (kids, grandkids) live.
We have been together for just about 2 years, I was widowed before we met, I lost my previous partner to cancer, she was only 47.
I love her to bits and felt I'd never love again after losing my partner. Neither of us was expecting this diagnosis and she gave me the freedom to walk away as I had not long been through the trauma of bereavement. I couldn't do that though, despite knowing what is ahead.
Lately I have been feeling a grief though just as I had those years ago, it doesn't help that we aren't together full time as much as I would love us to be. So at times I feel quite alone with my thoughts and feelings.
Anyway, I have found this forum now so that is a bonus I hope.