I wanted to say thank you to all. I’ve never posted much, but you were all a godsend to me while caring for my mom who suffered from dementia and had been living with me for the past 5 years. I had no clue what to do except put one foot in front of the other and just keep going. Then I found this forum and I don’t even know how. I found some good advice, listened to different points of view, and I didn’t feel so alone in caregiving mom. I believe a lot of what I learned helped me be a better person and more understanding. I wish I had known so many things sooner. Dementia is such a cruel disease. She passed away a week and a half ago. I was grateful to have been with her. As the changes started coming more often, I remembered what I read here once “If you see changes yearly you have years, if you see changes monthly you have months, if weekly you have weeks, daily and you have days, hourly and you have hours.” That helped me be there for her in many ways. I didn’t know anything about dementia. Definitely not the case anymore. So thank you all, whoever you are. May you have peace on your journey.
May The Lord give you strength, guidance and comfort during this difficult time.
You've learned a lot on your journey and are really well spoken. Hope you stick around and help the Forum by lending your voice to the large variety of opinions here.
I hope and pray that now you will take some time to take care of yourself, and to be kind to yourself as you have earned at least that much.
God bless you.