So sorry for your loss, Barbara. How selfless of you to think of others as you work through your grief. Please consider coming back to post when you are ready. Those with the * have much wisdom to share with others still caring for loved ones.
Barbra, sincerest condolences. Keep in touch if you can. I am glad you donated his brain for research. I have recently done the paperwork although my husband is still at home.
Dear Barbra, I can feel your pain, having placed my DW 10 days ago. Please accept my most sincere condolences on the passing of your husband. My prayers are for you at this time.
I'm sorry for your loss. I think that was a brave thing you did which is a part of our doctors learning more about what this awful disease does. Before polio vaccine and penicillan and insulin those things weren't thought to have any solutions either. My thoughts are with you.
I’ve made it through the first year of widow-hood ..... I’m still very lonely and sad – but determined to move forward – it just takes some time and perserverance.
I finally received the autopsy results – it took 9 months ...... they confirmed DH was, indeed, suffering with Alzheimer’s Disease and there were significant Amyloid deposits which the doctor/Pathologist said are only seen in about 30% of AZ patients.
I’m even more glad now that I agreed to donate his brain – not only for the possibility that whatever they found may help others down the road, but also, it confirms that I was caring for DH properly and doing all that could be done for someone suffering with AZ ‘cuz I always worried that maybe he had something else wrong that hadn’t been found/diagnosed and the way I was looking after him was all wrong but now I feel satisfied that I did all the right stuff.
Barbra* I am glad to hear that you are doing OK. I too, was always wondering if there was something that was being missed or even if all the drugs were making things worse. That was a very courageous thing to do.
Barbra*, it sounds like you are in the right frame of mind to move forward & hopefully now that you have the DX confirmed it will help all the more. God bless you as you move forward in your new journey.
THANK YOU all for your greetings ....... it truly is very hard to fight a couragous fight when you really don't know what it is you are fighting .......... as I said, I'm now at peace ........ I didn't cause my dh's disease, I couldn't cure it but I did all I could to keep him comforted on his journey.
mary75* - often, when I'm in Vancouver visiting with my son and drive down Cornwall, past the little private hospital, on the waterside of the street, I think of you - wasn't your husband resident in that facility at one time?