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My frustration is off the charts
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: May 21 12:18pm | Replies (63)Comment receiving replies
@shmerdloff "Taking on the role of caretaker"? For most of us, it's not a choice, it's just what it is! I love my husband and so I take care of him. It wasn't his "choice" to get Alzheimer's. It was my "choice" to marry him 22 years ago and honor my vows of "sickness and health." Do I wish it were otherwise? Of course, but caring for someone who needs me and who I have vowed to love, honor, and cherish is not a heroic "choice". There IS no other choice if you love someone.
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Friends have commented on how patient I must be, but I feel it’s more being resigned to the situation. Kind of like when you leave school and go to work - no more sleeping in, no more partying during the week. Wake up at 6, get to work - it’s a different life.
In this case you get to make the adjustment with someone you love and care for
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If more people had your point of view, then posts on this site would be greatly reduced. To the "outside world" it still looks like heroism. 🫂