My wife is only 61 years old (I just turned 59).
She’s dealing with Vascular Dementia (more accurately I’m dealing with hers) and she’s just lost.
She can’t remember her last 17 years at work, the passing of her brother (15 years ago), grandmother (40 years ago) or father (2 1/2 years ago).
She’s very confused about many things.
She doesn’t talk much anymore.
We very rarely hear from most of our family and friends anymore.
They’ve all said the words “if there’s anything I can do to help just let me know” but very few even answer if I call.
Luckily we’re both retired and have pensions as well as some pretty good medical insurance so money wise I think we’ll be ok.
But, I just don’t know what to feel. Some days I just want to cry, sometimes I’m just angry (this is NOT what we had planned for our retirement years), but most days I just want to get by.
She’s dealing with Vascular Dementia (more accurately I’m dealing with hers) and she’s just lost.
She can’t remember her last 17 years at work, the passing of her brother (15 years ago), grandmother (40 years ago) or father (2 1/2 years ago).
She’s very confused about many things.
She doesn’t talk much anymore.
We very rarely hear from most of our family and friends anymore.
They’ve all said the words “if there’s anything I can do to help just let me know” but very few even answer if I call.
Luckily we’re both retired and have pensions as well as some pretty good medical insurance so money wise I think we’ll be ok.
But, I just don’t know what to feel. Some days I just want to cry, sometimes I’m just angry (this is NOT what we had planned for our retirement years), but most days I just want to get by.