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Another load I much carry alone?

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@kjc48 Karla - your words are so true. I should have been more prepared. He has never been the most empathetic person, and the reason I was starting down the road of leaving him when he was diagnosed. I'm used to doing the heavy lifting, but I am surprised by his reaction. To me it is so weird. Thank you for your kind words and support.

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@cyds It is weird. this whole disease baffling. He gets upset when the printer doesn't work. He knows enough to display emotion over that. But can't display emotion or "keep up" in conversations that require two heads instead of one.
It's amazing that all logic goes out of the window, to where he'll say things that don't even apply to what we're doing at that moment. Or deflects to something else he does remember. It's really baffling, and very hard to navigate through but we do it, we just adapt because we have no other choice, and because we love them, and would expect someone to help us if we needed them.
Best, Karla