😊YES!! Having mom move in with us and taking care of her 24/7 for the past 3 years has done the same for me. Having mom here, l believe, saved my marriage. I know my husband does not see it, but that's ok because I do. God will bring something good out of something bad!!
I am right there with you. My husband, who I have been with for at least 17 years now, was diagnosed with Solvent Dementia right after we were married. Being a Psychiatric R.N., I knew something was wrong & kind of figured it out & then had him tested. Damn, I did not want to be right. It is such an alone existence when they become void of all emotion but just distrust the one who care for & loves them. I will never leave him. This is not why I married this man. I have had 2 children die since 2009 & had to deal with it alone. It is not what I signed up for but the gifts I have been handed. I pray a lot. I love a lot. I do a moment at a time. I am so tired of crying, for I know I cry for me & for no one else. As I watch this man I love turn into some one I do not know & keep looking for that light with in, I find it. This is my lesson to learn from. I am here to serve.
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The Things I've Learned From a Husband With Dementia
Sheri
It is such an alone existence when they become void of all emotion but just distrust the one who care for & loves them. I will never leave him. This is not why I married this man.
I have had 2 children die since 2009 & had to deal with it alone. It is not what I signed up for but the gifts I have been handed.
I pray a lot.
I love a lot.
I do a moment at a time.
I am so tired of crying, for I know I cry for me & for no one else.
As I watch this man I love turn into some one I do not know & keep looking for that light with in, I find it. This is my lesson to learn from. I am here to serve.