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@rmftucker

Thanks for all you encouragement. Today has been an exceptionally bad day since he got up at 8 a.m. He is weaker than he has been the past couple weeks, and resents me helping him. I'm so afraid he will slip of the front of his transport chair which he has done a couple times, but he gets to angry when I ask him to move his leg back further before sitting. He has been seeing movement today where there is none, and not sleeping as much as he usually does during the day.
He was always very friendly with all the neighbors everywhere we have lived. He was the first one to visit up and down the street when we would move in. As far as the neighbor resentment, he was very friendly with them when we moved here about 8 years ago. Visited back and forth, exchanged work with them with tree trimming, fencing, yard work, etc. Then about two years ago he became very angry with something that was said (neighbor doesn't really know what happened) and he hasn't spoken to them since. Just makes disparaging remarks and insinuates that I'm having an affair with the one across the street. Claims I am always looking out the window at them.

I'm sorry for rambling on but this morning has been very difficult.

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Hi again @rmftucker Sorry to hear of your bad day.

Only thing I can offer is an observation from my experiences, which is this. Dementia is not logical and so neither are those effected with it. Old ways and styles go and new, stranger ways take their place. Many things will change and be different though no fault of anyone except the darned disease!

Peace and strength,

It's ok to ramble to us because it doesn't seem like rambling. You are in a very difficult situation with him. Hopefully this stage will be short for him. There is no real time line nor logic to any type of dementia. You are doing your best for him and that is what matters. Praying for you.