Hi All...
I am new to this site and my husbands carer. I have not posted before. Mys husband has a diagnosis of Alzheimer/Vascular mix, he has had an official diagnosis for about a year now but worries concerning his memory go back four years. Reading your posts is a great help to me, I think I have been in denial, but is no longer possible, my husband is still a loving and caring man, but struggles with every day life, I have to remind him to wash, change shave, tell him to eat, stop him from overeating, at the moment he still puts me first and foremost but I can see him changing, getting frustrated and upset, but I do feel very sorry for myself as well as for him, I keep thinking it wasn't meant to be like this, now was supposed to be our time, and I feel we have been robbed of that time....how do people cope with saying the same things over and over, and that look that you get when your partner thinks your lying....thanks for listening sometimes things seem a little easier when you see it written down
I am new to this site and my husbands carer. I have not posted before. Mys husband has a diagnosis of Alzheimer/Vascular mix, he has had an official diagnosis for about a year now but worries concerning his memory go back four years. Reading your posts is a great help to me, I think I have been in denial, but is no longer possible, my husband is still a loving and caring man, but struggles with every day life, I have to remind him to wash, change shave, tell him to eat, stop him from overeating, at the moment he still puts me first and foremost but I can see him changing, getting frustrated and upset, but I do feel very sorry for myself as well as for him, I keep thinking it wasn't meant to be like this, now was supposed to be our time, and I feel we have been robbed of that time....how do people cope with saying the same things over and over, and that look that you get when your partner thinks your lying....thanks for listening sometimes things seem a little easier when you see it written down