There was an article in the Share magazine regarding Brucie this month titled In Sickness and in Health. We all take our marriage vows very seriously and many like me never think that we will have our lives shortened or interupted by an illness such as Dementia. My wife and I were married in Church in 1972, and this was in a church that I had always attended as man and boy. My wife came from a town nearby but like me she was religious and have always stayed that way. We were asked by the priest to take our vows again later on, and we did, but even though we did we were never really sure what was around the corner. I was diagnosed when I was 56 and my world fell apart, but it was always my intension to be realistic about this while I could and if I died or anything else happened, I would never stop my wife from being friendly or taking up a relasionship with some one else, nor would I expect it .
I think that carers get a very rough deal anyway, and like everyone else they are entitled to a little happyness when they can get it, and god alone knows looking after a patient with this illness is a lot painful process. So let us be realistic and let carers like Brucie have happiness as long as they can, they have had enough pain and anguish in theur lives.
Good luck to Brucie and also Share magazine, you are doing a wonerdful and worthwhile job, you and others here have made my time on the computer a lot better than I expected.
Best wishes
kenc
I think that carers get a very rough deal anyway, and like everyone else they are entitled to a little happyness when they can get it, and god alone knows looking after a patient with this illness is a lot painful process. So let us be realistic and let carers like Brucie have happiness as long as they can, they have had enough pain and anguish in theur lives.
Good luck to Brucie and also Share magazine, you are doing a wonerdful and worthwhile job, you and others here have made my time on the computer a lot better than I expected.
Best wishes
kenc
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