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Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: 21 hours ago | Replies (7)
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@fred1 Thank you Fred for a really good response to Gratia! After reading her post I thought, what will it be like when we get to that point of the disease…when he doesn’t know who I am or why I am there. Right now my hubby doesn’t always think of me as his wife, but he does recognize that I am the person who lives with him and takes care of him. I remind him all along that I am his wife and that we have been married for 45 years…he always looks at me in astonishment like he can’t believe he has been married for 45 years! I will remember your response when the time comes.
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George still recognizes me albeit at times he calls me by the name of his favorite daughter from a prior marriage.
I'm sorry for you--and for others whose spouse no longer knows them. If it helps, just pretend that your partner is "leaving [or has left] on a jet plane," and dream about the day when you will be reunited. As the song "Leaving On A Jet Plane" goes:
"All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go.
I'm standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say Goodbye
But the dawn is breaking it's early morn
The taxi's waiting his blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'cause I'm leaving on a Jet Plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe I hate to go
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Well now the time has come to leave you
One more time please let me kiss you
Then close your eyes and I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave you alone
About the times I won't have to say Goodbye." -- John Denver
George's Wife
P.S. See you on the other side.