 JOAN’S BLOG – WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2008 – YOU ARE NOT ALONE! It often happens to me that an idea This disease is difficult enough to deal with; it is even more difficult when the emotional ties of a marriage The result is that you feel, not only alone, isolated, and depressed, but you begin to question your own judgment When you read my Blogs and affirm my thoughts and feelings on the Message Boards and in e-mails, I gain strength and comfort from that. When you read my Blogs and relate my emotions and struggles to your own; when you read on the Message Boards of other’s coping with the same, you gain a measure of peace from that. Almost a feeling of joy- “Hey, I’m not nuts. Others feel as I do! Other’s are trying to cope with the same AD behaviors and marital problems associated with them, as I am.” Yes, I believe in raising the general public’s awareness about the destruction Alzheimer’s Disease reigns on caregivers as well as the patient, but my main mission is to bring awareness to YOU, the caregiver spouse, that you need not feel guilty Feedback to joan@thealzheimerspouse.com |
for a Blog comes from many different places all on the same day. It’s as if an unknown force in the universe is whispering in my ear – 
“This is what you will write about”. Yesterday was one of those days. From everyone I spoke with, to the Message Boards, to the e-mails, one theme stood out. 
are involved. But what other disease makes the caregiver question if THEY are the ones with the problem
because their spouse can act normal in front of others, and 15 minutes later, in the privacy of your home, of course, where no one but you can see, be confused
, angry
, and screaming obscenities? What other disease places so many family members in DENIAL
for years, so the caregiver feels overburdened 
and isolated
? 
, but they’re not going to deny it exists, as they do with AD,)
and sanity. 